Images
On this page, you will learn about the different ways to add an Image to your Mail Merge template
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On this page, you will learn about the different ways to add an Image to your Mail Merge template
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Adding visible images to an email is possible with Mail Merge for Gmail. There are 3 possibilities:
the image is located on your computer, read Insert a local image
the image is located on your Google Drive, read Insert an image from Google Drive™
the image is available through a public URL, read Insert a distant image
After being added to the template, you can still edit the image, see Edit an image.
the image size, orientation, and alignment can be edited, just click on the image to display the image toolbox.
You can't directly add a local image to your email, because it has to be accessible online! You can use a hosting service, but we provide a convenient (and free) solution: host your images on Google Drive:
Then go to the next chapter : "Insert an image from Google Drive"
Before inserting the image in the template, Mail Merge will check permissions on the image. If you have an error message, read the previous chapter to discover how to properly set permissions
If you want to change the Alternative Description or Image size, you can now edit the image directly from the template.
Optionally, you can add an alternative description and define the size of the image.
If you want to change the Alternative Description or Image size, you can now edit the image directly from the template.
After being added to the template, the image's size, orientation, and alignment can be edited, just click on the image to display the image toolbox.
Set the permissions to "Anyone with the link" / "Viewer". Be careful, if you set "Editor", everyone will able to change your image which is probably not something you wish.
To add a Google Drive-hosted image to your emails, from the editor click on the Google Drive image icon . This will open a modal, allowing you to choose your Google Drive image.
To add a remote picture to your emails, from the editor click on the image icon . This will open a modal, allowing you to insert your picture's "source" URL.
