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Putting a picture in private message

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Wan

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Yes, I know, I know, I am a computer-illiterate. But anyway, I am wondering if someone can show me how to include a picture in a private message here. The picture is on my desktop. It's on my computer, not on the internet, so it doesn't have an URL.

Thanks.
 
You'd either need to upload it here as an attachment or upload it to a photo sharing site and link to it.
 
Wan said:
Yes, I know, I know, I am a computer-illiterate. But anyway, I am wondering if someone can show me how to include a picture in a private message here. The picture is on my desktop. It's on my computer, not on the internet, so it doesn't have an URL.

Thanks.
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You could probably create a google account, upload it to your google drive, and get a shareable link for it from there.
 
Wan said:
Yes, I know, I know, I am a computer-illiterate. But anyway, I am wondering if someone can show me how to include a picture in a private message here. The picture is on my desktop. It's on my computer, not on the internet, so it doesn't have an URL.

Thanks.
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Here's the simplest way to upload a photo here or any other website from photos stored on your computer. Use this link, it's a free service and you don't have to sign up. Just click and use it. Postimage.org — free image hosting / image upload

You can resize your photo to any size you want, once it's resized just copy the link that is marked: 'Direct Link'.
 
Lets see if it works. A picture of my garden at my old house. I resized it a long time ago. It's better bigger but I don't have the original anymore.

IMG_0152.jpg
 
Pippi Longstock said:
I couldn't get that to work but that's nothing new for me.
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I used the snipping tool to take this, saved it to my PC here at work, went to google drive, clicked on "new" in the upper left, selected "file upload", went to the recently saved image, selected it, and uploaded it.

Then I right-clicked on the file in my google drive and chose "get shareable link", which lets anyone who has that link view it.

Test 1.PNG - Google Drive
 
The Mark said:
I used the snipping tool to take this, saved it to my PC here at work, went to google drive, clicked on "new" in the upper left, selected "file upload", went to the recently saved image, selected it, and uploaded it.

Then I right-clicked on the file in my google drive and chose "get shareable link", which lets anyone who has that link view it.

Test 1.PNG - Google Drive
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Thanks still working on it. I need the snipping tool for a Chromebook.
 
Pippi Longstock said:
Thanks, I'll give it some more time. I just downloaded a shipping tool for Chromebook. Oh well. I should be able to do this.
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I mainly used the snipping tool because it let me "take a picture" of only part of my screen, rather than a full-size screenshot (which is kinda painful to crop, having 3 monitors in an upside down T formation).

If you already have an image file you can just upload it to google drive.

Depending where this file is.

If it's your desktop background it might be stored somewhere for that purpose, not sure.
 
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