# Why can't I embed a local picture by using full path?

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/why-cant-i-embed-a-local-picture-by-using-full-path/3175>\
**Category:** Basement\
**Created:** [July 13, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/why-cant-i-embed-a-local-picture-by-using-full-path/3175 "2020-07-13T09:26:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![linansybil](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/linansybil/32/39651_2.png) [@linansybil](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/linansybil)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/why-cant-i-embed-a-local-picture-by-using-full-path/3175/1 "2020-07-13T09:26:57Z")

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When I tried to embed a picture by its full path like: “ ![pic]()” I can’t see this picture in preview.  
I think this is very important because I want to export my files into .docx or .pdf by Typora, but the way to embed picture of Obsidian is different from all the other mainstream markdown softwares, that really makes lots of trouble…Hope to see the simple way to export files in Obsidian…

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**Author:** ![Silver](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/silver/32/5_2.png) [@Silver](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Silver)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/why-cant-i-embed-a-local-picture-by-using-full-path/3175/2 "2020-08-27T10:45:50Z")

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> [@linansybil](#):
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> When I tried to embed a picture by its full path like: “” I can’t see this picture in preview.

I think your content got parsed by Discourse, please put them in a code block so we can see.

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**Author:** ![linansybil](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/linansybil/32/39651_2.png) [@linansybil](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/linansybil)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/why-cant-i-embed-a-local-picture-by-using-full-path/3175/3 "2020-08-29T07:07:10Z")

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Thanks~ My code is like`C:\Users\linan\Pictures\test.jpg`, when I use this to embed a local picture, it just failed and the result in preview looks like above, a broken picture. But now I give up this method and use another grammar, like `Attachment\test.jpg`. It also works in Typora so I can export md into word and pdf freely.

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/why-cant-i-embed-a-local-picture-by-using-full-path/3175/4 "2023-04-01T13:50:03Z")

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Closed on April 1, 2023, 1:50pm UTC