Insert Images

Google Docs allows users to add images into the documents as well as links to web pages or bookmarks to other areas in the document. There are three methods of uploading an image to add it into the document:

1.   Upload the image from the desktop

2.   Copy the URL of the web image

3.   Drag the web image into the document

 

Upload Image from Desktop

1.   Put the mouse where the image will be inserted

2.   Do one of the following:

  • From the Formatting Toolbar, click on the Insert image button

  • From the Menu Bar, click on Insert menu > choose Image on the drop down menu

3.   In the Insert image dialog box, select Upload > click Choose an image to upload button

4.   Browse the location of the image on the desktop, select the image and click Open button

5.   The image will be upload and place into the document 

 

Copy the URL of the Web Image

1.   Find a desired image on the Internet

2.   Right click on the image and select Copy image URL from the shortcut menu

3.   Put the mouse where the image will be inserted and do one of the following:

  • From the Formatting Toolbar, click on the Insert image button

  • From the Menu Bar, click on Insert menu > choose Image on the drop down menu

4.   Select URL and paste the URL of the web image into the blank field of  Paste an image URL here in the Insert Image dialog box

5.  Preview the image displayed under the Paste an image URL here box > click Select button to insert the image to the document

6.  The image will be inserted into the document

 

 

Drag the Web Image Into the Document

1.   Find a desired image on the Internet

2.   Click and drag the image into the document

3.   The web image will displayed in the document after a few moment