You can also use this screen directly from the item that you are trying to link a picture to - e.g. a grid image or GridPic.

	Click on the Add button. This allocates a space in which to place an image.
	To import an image from a file:- Click on the ellipses [...] button to the right of the yellow Filename text box. Select the filename of the graphic you wish to import from the appropriate directory. Files can be of type Bitmap (end with .BMP), JPEG (end with .JPG or .JPEG), GIF (and with .GIF) and MetaFile (end with .WMF or .EMF) Click on OK to select the file and place it in the space on the list that you have just created. Notice that the yellow box now shows the filename. This means that the file will NOT be stored with the puzzle, but rather the puzzle will attempt to import the file each time the crossword is opened. This means that graphics can be shared easily between different puzzles with duplicating them in different puzzle files, and that if the image is altered, this will be updated to all crossword files that are linked to that image file. However, if you would like the picture to be included in the puzzle file - e.g. if you are distributing it, or do not wish a copy to be kept on your hard disk, then click on the button with a picture of a broken chain, next to the ellipses [...] button that you clicked on to choose a filename.  This will remove the filename from the yellow box. When the puzzle is stored, the picture will now be stored with it in the format you imported it.
	To import an image from another application:- From the other application, select the image you wish to use, and select the applications command to Copy to Clipboard. In most cases, a keyboard shortcut for this is Ctrl+C Swap over to WordPuzzle Pro, and from the added blank slot for the picture, click on the Paste button. Note that the image must be copied in bitmap format in order for this to work.
	Now will in an appropriate name for the image in the Name box.
	If you wish to replace an existing image in the list, then simply browse until you find the required image, and repeat either the import of a graphics file, or the pasting from the clipboard process. The existing image will be replaced, and the link to a graphics file will be redirected.

The format can be any of the four formats described earlier - Bitmap, JPEG, GIF, or MetaFile.

In general, a MetaFile should be kept as a MetaFile, unless there are real space benefits from converting it. Also note that at present, it is not possible to convert back to a MetaFile once it has been changed.

A bitmap file keeps an EXACT representation of a picture with no loss of quality, but can be somewhat large.

A JPEG file keeps a best guess version of a picture, with the quality of reproduction able to be set. The better the quality, the larger amount of space the image will take, the worse the quality, the smaller the amount of space. In general, this loss is acceptable for general use, but for printed output, the compromise can be more noticeable.

Note that once you have converted to a JPEG, next time you open the crossword, you will experience some loss of quality, which cannot be changed back at this stage, except by reimporting the original graphic again. The loss does not get worse each time you open/save the crossword.

A GIF file again keeps an exact representation, and compresses the image the best it can. This works well with images that have solid blocks of colour - e.g. screen dumps - but not so well with pictures that have many variations in hue - e.g. photographs.

Any of the four settings can be selected for the storage type by selecting the appropriate option in the Image Type section on the Image Organizer screen.

If you select the JPEG option, then a slider will be become available which represents the quality at which the JPEG image should be stored. Further to the left gives better compression (takes up less space) but worse quality. Further to the right gives worse compression (takes up more space)  but better quality. Experiment. You'll be surprised at how low you can put this setting whilst retaining an acceptable level of picture quality.

Note that when creating HTML WebScripts, if you are going to be exporting graphics too, it is best to use either JPEG or GIF type images, as these are the standard for the Web, and should be viewable by the majority of surfers. 

Next to the Category heading, click on the drop-down box by clicking on the downward arrow button. This shows a list of the categories that apply to the currently viewed image. This is blank if no categories have been assigned to a picture.

To do this, click on the ellipses [...] button to the right of the Category heading. This will display the Image Categories dialog box. To type in a brand new category, type in the category name in the edit box at the top of the dialog box, and click on the button.

The large area at the bottom of the dialog box contains a complete list of available categories. The small boxes to the left of each item can be empty, or contain a tick. Click on the box to swap from one to the other. A tick denotes that the category next to the tick has been assigned to the currently selected image.

To change the name of a category, click on it, and it will be displayed in the edit box at the top of the dialog box. Now click on the button, and type in the replacement name in the edit box. Click on to accept the change, and update all images that use the category, otherwise click on to cancel the change.

Click on the large OK button at the bottom of the dialog box when you have finished with working with the categories.

You can also drag the grey box that appears between these buttons to move the selection to roughly the place on the list that you know it to be.

If you know a word that appears in the name of the image you require, then you can search for it directly:-

Another quick way of searching is to use the categorization facility:-

When you have finished, click on OK, or if you are accessing the screen in order to set a specific item (e.g. image for an out, or GridPic), then you would click on the Ok button to select the image, or the No Image button if you wish to stop using any image with the specific items.

Note that if any part of the puzzle is using this image, you will be informed of this, and will need to remove all links to the image before you can remove the image itself from the crossword. This is described in the next section.

To do this:-

Note that if you simply wish to change the image that is used in all of these parts of the crossword, it may be simpler to replace the existing image with another, rather than remove the existing image, select another, and then recreate all the links to the crossword again.

Alternatively, you can save the image to a file using the currently selected graphic format by clicking on the Save button. Then simply choose a filename / location for the file to be saved as, and the image is exported. Simple! This file can then be read by a number of applications, or linked into using the Image Organizer or other programs - e.g. HTML files etc.