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# Pasting images into your project

{% hint style="danger" %}
Before pasting an image into your project, make sure your main LaTeX file has loaded the `graphicx` package by writing `\usepackage{graphicx}` within its [preamble](/getting-started/latex-tutorials.md).
{% endhint %}

You can paste single images into **Visual Editor** and **Code Editor** (but only **Visual Editor** provides an image preview). Pasting multiple images is not currently supported.

<figure><img src="/files/BvWu3797VjsvIwLGhXkD" alt="Image showing the Upload from computer modal window" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You can:

* Name the file used to save the pasted image.
* Choose the project folder in which to save it.
* Decide whether to use a figure caption.
* Decide whether to include a label (used for referencing the table).
* Configure the image width (as a fraction of `\linewidth`).

Any image you paste is saved as a `.png` file in your Overleaf project. It's then incorporated into your document using automatically generated LaTeX code. **Visual Editor** will provide a preview of the pasted image but **Code Editor** will display the LaTeX code only.


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