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Replace Images

When you are updating your technical documentation, you will most likely need to replace some of your images. For example, if you document software, you may need to add new screenshots. Content reuse applies to images as well as text in Paligo, so you can update an image once, in one place, and the change will apply wherever that image is used. This can save you a lot of time and effort.

In this section, we explain how to replace your "Source Language images. These are the images that you add and use in the content for your default language. If you translate your content into different languages, and have "language variant images", see Translate Images.

Note

If you need to replace an image in one topic only, add the updated image as a new image (or figure, inline image, etc.). Then remove the previous image and its related elements, such as figure, mediaobject, from the topic.

To replace an image with a new image that you will upload to Paligo:

  1. To display image details, either:

    • Find the Source Language image in the Media library, select its dotted menu (...) and choose Edit Image.

      Image file selected in the Media library. Its options menu is shown and the Edit image option is being selected.
    • Right-click the source language image inside a topic and select Edit Properties.

    Image details dialog for an image. A preview of the image is shown on the right and the settings for the image are shown on the left.

    Paligo displays the Image details.

  2. Select Upload Image (in the lower right corner) to replace the current image with a new one.

  3. Select Select file to add the replacement image.

    Upload image dialog. It shows an image has been selected for upload. The cursor is positioned over the Upload button in the bottom corner.
  4. Select Upload.

  5. Close the dialog when the upload is complete.

Every topic that used the previous image will now use the new one instead.

To replace an image with another image from the media library:

  1. To display image details, either:

    • Find the Source Language image in the Media library, select its dotted menu (...) and choose Edit Image.

      Image file selected in the Media library. Its options menu is shown and the Edit image option is being selected.
    • Right-click the source language image inside a topic and select Edit Properties.

    Image details dialog for an image. A preview of the image is shown on the right and the settings for the image are shown on the left.

    Paligo displays the Image details.

  2. Select Replace with existing (in the lower left corner) to replace the current image.

  3. Select the alternative image that you want to use.

    Tip

    If the replacement image is not in the media library, you can upload it, see Upload Images.

  4. Close the dialog when the upload is complete.

All topics that used the original image are now updated. They will use the alternate image that you selected instead of the original image.