How to Include Inline Images in Gmail
It’s long been possible to insert images, tables, and charts into Gmail - if you knew HTML and how to copy/paste code into the entry field. That’s no longer necessary as Gmail has added the ability to insert images directly inline from inside the editor itself. This is a Google Labs project, so it may change in the future, but it’s working now, and it works fine.
To enable inline images, start from the Gmail main window and click Settings → Labs. Scroll down and find “Inserting Images.” Click the “Enable” button to start the service.
Then click “Save Settings” at the bottom of the page.
When you go to “Compose” in Gmail, you’ll see a new icon in the toolbar that looks like a landscape from a window. (If the toolbar is not showing, click on “Rich formatting” to enable it.)
When clicked, a dialog opens offering to browse your PC for the image content or to obtain it from a web address.
When the image is inserted, you have the option of making it small, medium, large, or the original size. Here’s what an inserted image looks like in the text.
Inserting images in Gmail is pretty easy, but Gmail’s default is not to show images. So if you’re sending mail to another Gmail user, they’ll need to click “Show images below.” It’s thus a good idea to mention that your message contains inline images, at least until Gmail users start expecting them.
We mentioned earlier that’s it’s possible to paste in HTML to add various content to Gmail. If you’ve been doing that in order to have a custom signature block and you’re using Firefox, that’s gotten easier, too. The answer is “Blank Canvas,” a Firefox add-in that automatically injects your HTML signature based on which email address you’re using. Don’t know HTML? Blank Canvas makes that easy, too. They provide a tutorial and real-time preview of the result when you’re editing your signature.
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