Adding Padding to Images

When working with images, you can add padding (or empty space) to increase the area around an image. When working with objects, you can add padding between the edge of an object and the text in it.

You can add padding for an image using the File Properties dialog or the Profiles Editor. Use the File Properties dialog if you want to add padding for a single image only. Use the Profiles Editor if you want to add padding for a profile, which can be used when capturing future images. See Capture Profiles.

How to Add Padding Using the File Properties Dialog

  1. Capture or open an image.
  2. Double-click the image (not the shape).
  3. In the File Properties dialog, select the Appearance tab.
  4. In the Padding section, enter numbers in the Left, Right, Top, and/or Bottom fields to set the width of the padding (in pixels).
  5. Click OK. The padding is added to the image, displayed in the default background color of the image. You may want to change the background color for the image to something else.
  6. Click to save your work.

How to Add Padding Using the Profiles Editor

  1. Select View > Profiles, and from the drop-down on the left side of the local toolbar, choose the profile.
  2. In the Profiles Editor, select the Appearance tab.
  3. In the Padding section, enter numbers in the Left, Right, Top, and/or Bottom fields to set the width of the padding (in pixels).
  4. Click to save your work. The padding will be added to images that you capture with this profile. The padding will be displayed in the default background color of the image. You may want to change the background color for the image to something else.

Note If you have added an object to the image and you drag the object outside the original image boundaries, extra padding is automatically added. This padding compensates for the space needed to display the moved object.

What's Next?

If necessary, you can continue editing the image (e.g., adding objects, effects, a callout; cropping the image; resizing the image). Otherwise, you can finalize the image by saving it. See Editing Images.