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Adding Images
Several hundred images and symbols are included with Progress PC. They are
placed into various categories such as DVD, TV, HiFi, Bed, etc., described in
the section
Images and Symbols , page 36.
Select an image by the following procedure:
Settings  Pages/buttons  Select page  Select the page on which the image is to
be used  Select this page  Edit button  Select the button on which the image is
to be used  Appearance  Change image  Select category  Select image 
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Adding Your Own Images (Advanced)
It is also possible to use your own images in Progress PC, but the procedure is
slightly more complex. You should be quite used to work with a PC for this
procedure. The images to be used should be approximately 100 x 100 pixels in
dimension, and they should be in GIF format. Images taken with a digital
camera are far too large to be used, and cause Progress PC to work very
slowly. This problem can be avoided by reducing the dimensions of the images,
using an image processing program. One such program is the simple “Paint”
program that is part of the Windows operating system. Edit an image in Paint by
the following procedure:
1. Open the Paint image processing program by clicking on
Start\Program\Accessories\Paint .
2. Click on File\Open .
3. Browse to the folder in which the image you want to edit is located.
4. Choose the file format, “All Files”.
5. Select the image that is to be edited and click
Open .
6. Select the region of the image that is to be used. Only select that which
absolutely must be displayed in order to obtain as clear an image as
possible in Progress PC.
7. Take hold of one corner of the selected region and reduce it to the correct
size. The size is displayed in the right corner of the screen when you start
the reduction process. Make the dimensions of the image approximately
100 x 100 pixels.
8. Copy the reduced region by clicking on Edit\Copy .
9. Open an new image by clicking on File\New .
10. Click on Image\Attributes and set the image resolution to 100 x 100 pixels,
or to the dimensions you have selected.
11. Paste the image in by clicking on Edit\Paste .
12. Save the image by clicking on File\Save As .
13. Select GIF as the file format and save the image in the folder “My own
Pictures”. Path: C:\Program\Gewa\Progress PC\Images and click on Save .
The image is now saved on the PC with the correct size and format.