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Chapter 5 Web design
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Computer Science
11th Grade
10/13/2008

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What element do you use to place images in your Web Page?
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When does the browser retrieve each image?
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After reading the HTML page.
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What are thumbnails?
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Small images that the user can click on to see the large version of an image.
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What type of element is an element, and what does that mean?
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An inline element, which means that the browser doesn't put a linebreak before or after an image.
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How do you specify the location of the image file?
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The src attribute.
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What does the alt attribute do?
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Gives a meaningful description of the image. It is displayed in in some browsers if the image can't be found, and is used by screen readers to describe the image for the visually impaired.
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What is a good rule of thumb for the size of photo images in a Web page?
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Less than 800 pixels.
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__________ _________ is one of the many photo editing applications you can use to resize your images.
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Photoshop Elements.
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True or False
Images that are too large for the browser make web pages difficult to use and slow to download and display.
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True
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True or False
A pixel is not the smallest dot that can be represented on the screen.
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False
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What are to formats for images that are widely supported by Web browsers?
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JPEG and GIF
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What format is best for photographs and other complex images?
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JPEG
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What format is best for logos and other simple graphics with solid colors, lines, or text?
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GIF
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What format can be compressed at a variety of different qualities, so you can choose the best balance of quality and file size for your needs?
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JPEG
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What format supports transparency?
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GIF
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Use the _____ _____ menu in the "Save for Web" dialog to choose the right color for softening the edges of your transparent GIF image.
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Matte color
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To create a link from an image, use the ____ element as the content of an ___ element, and put the link in the href attribute of the ____ element.
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img, a, a elements
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