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*To insert an image into an article, you must first download the image to your computer and then hit [[Special:Upload|Upload file]] (in lefthand menu). Once the file is uploaded, click the picture icon in the wikitext menu of the article you are working on. This will open a dialog box that will prompt you for more information. Enter the filename of the image you uploaded, and a caption. The default setting are to display the image as a thumbnail, on the right side of the page. Your wikitext will look like this:
 
*To insert an image into an article, you must first download the image to your computer and then hit [[Special:Upload|Upload file]] (in lefthand menu). Once the file is uploaded, click the picture icon in the wikitext menu of the article you are working on. This will open a dialog box that will prompt you for more information. Enter the filename of the image you uploaded, and a caption. The default setting are to display the image as a thumbnail, on the right side of the page. Your wikitext will look like this:
 
<pre><nowiki>[[file:PinedaleFieldLandRig.png|thumb|Figure 1. Pine Dale Field Land Rig]]</nowiki></pre>  
 
<pre><nowiki>[[file:PinedaleFieldLandRig.png|thumb|Figure 1. Pine Dale Field Land Rig]]</nowiki></pre>  
::and come out looking like this: [[file:PinedaleFieldLandRig.png|border|Figure 1. Pine Dale Field Land Rig]]
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::and come out looking like this: [[file:PinedaleFieldLandRig.png|thumb|none|Figure 1. Pine Dale Field Land Rig]]
    
*To link an in-text reference to the corresponding figure, add a colon (:) before "file" and the text you wish to appear after the pipe (|):
 
*To link an in-text reference to the corresponding figure, add a colon (:) before "file" and the text you wish to appear after the pipe (|):

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