Reference to file in collection.media folder

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Hello,

Starting point:
A screenshot should be inserted into a field named: “Conjugation table”.
Since the same table is to be used several times in different records in the deck, I only want to enter the reference to the image, for example:“tener.gif”.
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Storage location: collection.media:
" … Roaming\Anki2\Pedro_01\collection.media"

Question:
what should the syntax be?

Additional question:
What file format would you recommend for the screenshot using Anki?
*.gif
*.jpg
*.png
(gif has the smallest file size.)

Thank you, Peter

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<img src="name.format">

I don’t see much difference between .jpg, .png and .gif if it’s for general use. .Gif also supports animations and that’s why people usually use it.

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Dear Casartelli,

Thanks for your fast answer.

I tried different syntax, even your one before, but non works.
grafik

grafik
grafik765×524 60.9 KB

grafik
grafik781×525 60.1 KB

as you can see: the file exist:

grafik
grafik1427×131 11.1 KB

I use Anki version: 2.1.49 on Windows 10

If I copy the img directly in the field the img is shown.

Peter

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You need to use the HTML editor for that.
Ctrl + Shift + X or click on anki_75RNVgzNZB in the toolbar.

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thanks, now it works!

Sorry to bother you, but I’ve no clue about HTML

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Instead of writing the HTML directly, you can also just drag & drop the image into editor, and Anki will figure out it’s already in your collection.media folder and doesn’t duplicate the file.

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Instead of writing the HTML directly, you can also just drag & drop the image into editor

That’s what I did at the beginning.

I now have over 180 tables with irregular verbs or other hints.
Instead of searching in the folder, I prefer to type in the name of the file so that I don’t have to keep searching for the corresponding file in the media folder.

Thanks, Peter