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If you see an image in a Wikipedia article that you'd like to have, just click it. You'll see a new page showing a larger image, as shown in '''Figure B-16'''.

The file Image:Fujisan from Motohakone.jpg is used in the article ''[[Tokyo]]''. Clicking the thumbnail image in the article shows you this larger image, though not necessarily a full-sized image. Click "fullOriginal resolutionfile" to see the full-sized version. Right-click the full-sized image to save it to your computer. You can also save the image as your new desktop background image.[[File:Wikipedia-The Missing Manual_I_mediaobject_d1e29885.png|frame|right|'''Figure B-16''' The file [[:ImageFile:Fujisan from Motohakone.jpg]] is used in the article ''Tokyo''. Clicking the thumbnail image in the article shows you this larger image, though not necessarily a full-sized image. Click "full resolution" to see the full-sized version. Right-click the full-sized image to save it to your computer. You can also save the image as your new desktop background image.]]

The vast majority of images on Wikipedia are free content—they're in the public ___domain or have Creative Commons licenses, for example. If you come across an image labeled as a "fair use" or "non-free" image (a screenshot of a commercial software program, for example), don't treat it as free content. Don't download it unless you're sure you're not infringing a copyright by doing so.

=== Commons ===

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Because Commons is a media storage site, you'll find a table of contents right on its Main Page ('''Figure B-17'''). With more than 4 million images, you may find something you really like—and it's all free content.

Commons' Main Page offers a number of ways to view its content—by starting with featured pictures, by drilling down through categories, or by choosing a topic area. If you choose a topic, you'll arrive at a category page similar to '''Figure B-4''' with one interesting difference—the page has a tab labeled CatScan. Yep—that's the category intersection tool mentioned [[#Articles in two different categories|earlier in this chapter]], and it works for Commons as well as Wikipedia.

[[File:Wikipedia-The Missing Manual_I_mediaobject_d1e29909.png|frame|right|'''Figure B-17''' Commons' Main Page offers a number of ways to view its content—by starting with featured pictures, by drilling down through categories, or by choosing a topic area. If you choose a topic, you'll arrive at a category page similar to '''Figure B-4''' with one interesting difference—the page has a tab labeled CatScan. Yep—that's the]]

The category intersection tool mentioned [[#Articles in two different categories|earlier in this chapter]], and it works for Commons as well as Wikipedia.]]

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