• Overview
• Pictures
  • Overview
  • Image Properties
    • Image Data
    • Tile or Stretch Image to Fill
    • Effects
  • Non-Visual Properties
  • Shape Properties
• Shapes
  • Overview
  • Non-Visual Properties
  • Visual Properties
    • Size of Bounding Box
    • Location of Bounding Box
    • Geometry
      • Preset
      • Custom
    • Shape Fill
      • Solid Fill
      • Picture Fill
      • Gradient Fill
      • Pattern Fill
      • Group Fill
    • Effects
    • Outline Style
    • 2D Transforms
    • 3-D
      • Shape Properties
      • Scene Properties
  • Styles
  • Text
    • Text Body Properties
      • Positioning and Insets
      • Fit, Wrap, Warp and 3D
      • Columns, Vertical Text and Rotation
    • Paragraphs
      • Paragraph Properties
        • Bullets and Numbering
        • Spacing, Indent and Margins
        • Alignment, Tabs, Other
      • Run Properties
    • List Properties
• Connectors
  • Non-Visual Properties
• Text
• Charts
• Diagrams
• Tables
  • Defining Structure
  • Rows, Cells, Cell Content
  • Cell Properties
    • Alignment, Margins, Direction
    • Borders and Fill
  • Table Styles and Properties
• Placement within Docs
  • Overview
  • Inline Objects
  • Floating Objects
    • Positioning
    • Text Wrapping
• Placement within Spreadsheets
  • Overview
  • Absolute Anchoring
  • One Cell Anchoring
  • Two Cell Anchoring
• Placement within Presentations

DrawingML Pictures

The image data for a picture is specified with the <a:blip> element within the <pic:blipFill> element (BLIP = binary large image or picture). Note the namespace used is xmlns:a="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main". The image data can be stored locally within the same file, or linked to a location outside of the file. The state of compression for the data is also specified. All of this information is contained within the attributes for <a:blip>.

Attributes:

Attribute	Description
cstate	Specifies the compression state with which the picture is stored. Possible values are: email email compression hqprint - high quality printing compression none print - printing compression screen screen viewing compression
embed	Specifies a relationship in the .rels part for the part that references the picture. For example, the sample above has r:embed="rId4". That relationship is shown here: <Relationship Id="rID4" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/image" Target="media/image1.jpg/">. And the image file within the package is shown below:
link	Specifies a relationship in the .rels part for the part that references the picture. It is used to specify an image that does not reside within the package.