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INSERTING MEDIA AND OBJECTS This sectin describes hw t insert media and bjects using the RS Stre Website Editr. Basic Insert features gruped n the tlbar.

1 INSERTING MEDIA AND OBJECTS This sectin describes hw t insert media and bjects using the RS Stre Website Editr. Basic Insert features gruped n the tlbar. LINKS The Link feature f the Editr is a pwerful ptin that lets yu add clickable hyperlinks r e- mail addresses t yur dcuments as well as cntrl the way they lk and wrk. T insert a link t yu dcument, press the buttn n the tlbar r use the Ctrl+L keybard shrtcut. If yu want the link t be assigned t a text fragment, select it first. If n text is selected, the link URL r address will appear in the dcument as-is. The Link dialg windw that will pen lets yu chse the link type and cnfiguratin ptins pertaining t yur chice. It cntains tw r fur tabs that grup link ptins, depending n the link type: Link Type: URL URL is the default link type that lets yu add a website address t yur dcument. Fr this srt f link all fur tabs f the Link dialg windw are available. Link Inf The Link Inf tab is the default tab that pens after yu press the buttn n the tlbar. It allws yu t chse the link type as well as set the link prtcl and URL.

2 Belw is an verview f all Link Inf tab elements: Link Type the categry f the link that will be inserted int the dcument. Yu can chse between the fllwing ptins: URL the web address f any resurce available in the Internet, like a website, a PDF dcument, r an image. Example: Link t anchr in the text an internal link pinting the reader t a designated pint in yur dcument. Example: #anchr1 an address. Example: myname@example.cm Prtcl the cmmunicatin prtcl used with the web address. Yu can chse between the fllwing ptins: ftp://, news://, r <ther>. URL the web address f the resurce that the link is pinting t. It may be lcated n the same server as the web site yu are currently in r n an external server. External server: If yu want t use an external address, use the full abslute path. Example: Lcal server: If the resurce is lcated n the same server, yu can use a relative path that mits the dmain name and starts with a slash. Example: /abut/missin.html /hwt/printing.avi Yu can als use the Brwse Server buttn t select a resurce frm the nes that are available n the server. Brwse Server This ptin lets yu brwse yur strage area n the website server t find files and r uplad files t be linked, find website pages t link t, find RSA Stck Images t link t etc.

3 StreFiles Flder In this flder yu can create sub-flders r stre files that yu uplad. T create a sub-flder click n the StreFiles flder then click n the Create a new Sub Flder buttn. Give the flder a name and click the Create Nw buttn. T uplad a file t yur strage area, first click n the flder yu want t place the file. Then click n the Uplad a new File buttn. A dialg windw will pen fr yu t select the file yu want t uplad. Either drag & drp the file nt the Drp files(s) here area r use the Add File(s) buttn t brwse t the file. Then click Start uplad(s) buttn. T select a file t link t, select the file, chse a URL type and then click the OK buttn. Yu will nw be at the previus dialg with the desired URL entered. RsImages flder. This flder cntains stck images prvided by RSA t use in yur website. Yu can select any file in this flder and it s subflders t use in yur website. Yu will nt be allwed t delete any f these files r add yur wn files t these flders. Target The Target tab is nly available fr the URL link type. It specifies the lcatin where the link will pen after yu click it. By default the target f the URL is nt set and the link will pen in the same brwser windw r tab as the dcument. This tab cntains nly ne element: a drp-dwn Target list that lets yu chse the lcatin where the link will pen. The list cntains the fllwing ptins:

4 <nt set> the default setting that pens the link in the same brwser windw r tab as the dcument. <frame> the setting that pens the link in the frame specified in the Target Frame Name text bx. The text bx is nly visible after yu chse <frame> as the target. <ppup windw> the setting that pens the link in the pp-up windw specified in the Ppup Windw Name text bx. The text bx is nly visible after yu chse <ppup windw> as the target. New Windw (_blank) the setting that pens the link in a new windw. Tpmst Windw (_tp) the setting that pens the link in a windw that is psitined n the tp. Same Windw (_self) the setting that pens the link in the same windw as the dcument. Parent Windw (_parent) the setting that pens the link in the windw that the dcument windw is nested in. Uplad The Uplad tab is nly available fr the URL link type. We d nt recmmend the use f the Uplad Tab. Brwse Server n Link Inf tab shuld be used t uplad files. Advanced The Advanced tab lets yu cnfigure additinal link ptins such as assigning it an ID, a class, a tab index, a tltip, r CSS style prperties. It is meant fr advanced users with knwledge f HTML and CSS and gives nearly endless pssibilities as far as the presentatin f the link is cncerned. Link Type: Link t anchr in the text If yu want t pint t an anchr previusly set in the dcument, select Link t anchr in the text frm the Link Type drp-dwn list. When yu chse this link type, tw Link dialg windw tabs will becme available: the Link Inf tab and the Advanced tab. Please nte that if yu d nt have any anchrs defined in yur dcument, a message telling yu s will be displayed in the Link Inf tab. When yu add an anchr t yur dcument, yu will be able t select it frm the drp-dwn lists f the Link Inf tab. Link Inf tab f the Link windw fr the Link t anchr in the text link type The Link Inf tab cntains the fllwing ptins that make selecting an anchr an easy task: By Anchr Name a drp-dwn list cntaining the names f all anchrs established in the dcument. By Element Id a drp-dwn list cntaining the identifiers f all anchrs established in the dcument that cntain the id attribute. Nte: in rder t add an id t an anchr, yu need t mdify the dcument surce.

5 Fr a detailed descriptin f all Advanced tab elements, refer t the Advanced sectin abve. Link Type: The Editr makes it easy t insert clickable addresses t yur dcuments and even add a subject and bdy f the message that will be created when yu click the link. If yu want t add a hyperlinked address t dcument, select frm the Link Type drp-dwn list. When yu chse this link type, tw Link dialg windw tabs will becme available: the Link Inf tab and the Advanced tab. The Link Inf tab cntains the fllwing fields that let yu cnfigure the recipient and the message cntent: Address the address f the recipient f the message. This field is bligatry fr the link t wrk. Message Subject the default text that will be pasted int the subject line f the message. Message Bdy the default text that will be pasted int the message as its cntent. Fr a detailed descriptin f all Advanced tab elements, refer t the Advanced sectin abve. Remving a Link Remving a link is just as easy as adding it. When the cursr is placed in a link, the buttn n the tlbar becmes active. Pressing the buttn remves the link and leaves plain text. Alternatively yu can als pen the element's cntext menu by pressing the right muse buttn r using the Menu/Applicatin key n yur keybard, and chse the Unlink cmmand.

6 ANCHORS The Editr supprts placing anchrs in dcument text. T insert an anchr, press the n the tlbar. The fllwing Anchr Prperties windw will appear: buttn In rder t create an anchr, enter its name in the Anchr Name text bx. Once yu click OK, the anchr icn will appear in the dcument. Please nte that the anchr may either lead t a pint in a dcument (when nthing was selected while creating it), and lk like in the example belw: Or if it leads t sme cntent that was selected in the dcument, this selectin will be displayed with a blue dtted brder arund, like in this example: Yu can nw create a link t yur anchr with the buttn. Once it is ready, the link will take the reader f yur dcument t the sectin marked with the anchr. Remving an Anchr Remving an anchr is just as easy as adding it. When the cursr is placed in an anchr, the Remve Anchr cntext menu cmmand becmes available. Open the element's cntext menu by pressing the right muse buttn r using the Menu/Applicatin key n yur keybard, and chse the Remve Anchr cmmand. This ptin remves the anchr frm the dcument and leaves plain text.

IMAGES The Image feature f the Editr is a pwerful ptin that lets yu add images t yur dcuments as well as cntrl the way they lk and wrk. T insert an image t yu dcument, press the buttn n the tlbar.

7 IMAGES The Image feature f the Editr is a pwerful ptin that lets yu add images t yur dcuments as well as cntrl the way they lk and wrk. T insert an image t yu dcument, press the buttn n the tlbar. The Image Prperties dialg windw that will pen lets yu set cnfiguratin ptins that define image surce, its size, display prperties, r ther advanced prperties. The Image Prperties dialg windw includes fur tabs that grup image ptins: Image Inf The Image Inf tab is the default tab that pens after yu press the buttn n the tlbar. It allws yu t set the image URL and cnfigure the way it will appear in the dcument. Belw is an verview f all Image Inf tab elements: URL the web address f the image. The image may be lcated n the same server as the web site yu are currently in r n an external server. External server: If yu want t use an external address, use the full abslute path. Example: Lcal server: If the image is lcated n the same server, yu can use a relative path that mits the dmain name and starts with a slash. Example: /images/image2.jpg

8 Yu can als use the Brwse Server buttn t select an image frm the nes that are available n the server. T use this ptin click the Brwse Server buttn. The fllwing dialg windw will pen. StreFiles Flder In this flder yu can create sub-flders r stre files that yu uplad. T create a sub-flder click n the StreFiles flder then click n the Create a new Sub Flder buttn. Give the flder a name and click the Create Nw buttn. T uplad a file t yur strage area, first click n the flder yu want t place the file. Then click n the Uplad a new File buttn. A dialg windw will pen fr yu t select the file yu want t uplad. Either drag & drp the file nt the Drp files(s) here area r use the Add File(s) buttn t brwse t the file. Then click Start uplad(s) buttn. T select a file t display, select the file, chse a URL type and then click the OK buttn. Yu will nw be at the previus dialg with the desired URL entered. RsImages flder. This flder cntains stck images prvided by RSA t use in yur website. Yu can select any file in this flder and it s subflders t use in yur website. Yu will nt be allwed t delete any f these files r add yur wn files t these flders. Alternative Text a shrt textual descriptin f the image that tells users with assistive devices (like screen readers) what the image is abut. Yu shuld always prvide yur images with meaningful alternative text in rder t make it accessible t users with disabilities. Width the width f the image in pixels. By default this is the size f the riginal image. Height the height f the image in pixels. By default this is the size f the riginal image. Brder the size f the slid brder arund the image in pixels.

9 HSpace the hrizntal spacing (r margin) between the image brder (if present) r the image itself and ther dcument elements that surrund the image, in pixels. VSpace the vertical spacing (r margin) between the image brder (if present) r the image itself and ther dcument elements that surrund the image, in pixels. Align the alignment f the image in the dcument. Available ptins are Right and Left. Preview a preliminary view f the selected image frmatted accrding t the ptins chsen n the left. Link The Link tab lets yu assign a link t an image inserted int the dcument, effectively cnverting the image int a clickable link. The link can pint t any kind f bject available in the Internet, like a simple URL address, a PDF dcument, r an nline vide. T use the Link functinality, first yu need t insert an image int a dcument using the Image Inf tab. After yu cnfigure the display ptins, switch t the Link tab and cnfigure the image target using the available ptins. Belw is the verview f all Link tab elements: URL the web address that the image shuld be pinting at. This may be a plain website address, an image, r ther file that is lcated n the same server as the web site yu are currently in r n an external server. External server: If yu want t use an external address, use the full abslute path. Example: Lcal server: If the target lcatin is n the same server, yu can use an abslute path that mits the dmain name and starts with a slash. Example: /images/largeimage2.jpg Yu can als use the Brwse Server buttn t select an image r a file frm the nes that are available n the server. See the Brwse Server sectin f the Link tpic. Target the windw where the assigned link will pen after clicking the image. Yu can chse between New Windw (_blank), Tpmst Windw (_tp), Same Windw (_self), r Parent Windw (_parent). If yu want t edit an image that is cnnected t a link, use the cntext menu and chse the Image Prperties ptin. The Image Prperties windw will let yu mdify bth the image and the link that it is pinting t. If yu duble click such image instead, yu will pen the Link dialg windw that will nly allw yu t edit the link prperties and nt the image itself. Uplad Uplad tab f the Image Prperties windw We d nt recmmend the use f the Uplad Tab. Brwse Server n Image Inf tab shuld be used t uplad files.

10 Advanced The Advanced tab lets yu cnfigure additinal image ptins such as assign it an ID, a class, a lnger descriptin, a tltip, r CSS style prperties. It is meant fr advanced users with knwledge f HTML as well as CSS, and gives nearly endless pssibilities as far as the presentatin f the image is cncerned.

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