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diff --git a/_manual/04_ardours-interface/06_meters.html b/_manual/04_ardours-interface/06_meters.html
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--- a/_manual/04_ardours-interface/06_meters.html
+++ b/_manual/04_ardours-interface/06_meters.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: Metering in Ardour
 ---                        
 
 <h2>Introduction</h2>
+
 <p>
   An engineer reading and using audio level meters compares to a musician 
   reading or writing sheet-music. Just like there are virtuoso musicians 
@@ -11,14 +12,17 @@ title: Metering in Ardour
   go by their ears and produce great mixes and masters without ever looking 
   at a single meter.
 </p>
+
 <p>
   Yet, if you want to work in or with the broadcast industry, it is 
   usually unavoidable to use meters.
 </p>
+
 <p>
   Audio level meters are very powerful tools that are useful in every 
   part of the entire production chain:
 </p>
+
 <ul>
   <li>When tracking, meters are used to ensure that the input 
   signal does not <dfn>overload</dfn> and maintains reasonable 
@@ -34,11 +38,13 @@ title: Metering in Ardour
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Meter Types</h2>
+
 <p>
   A general treatise on metering is beyond the scope of this 
   manual. It is a complex subject with a history...
   For background information and further reading we recommend:
 </p>
+
 <ul>
   <li><a href="http://www.digido.com/how-to-make-better-recordings-part-2.html">How To Make Better Recordings in the 21st Century - An Integrated Approach to Metering, Monitoring, and Leveling Practices</a> by Bob Katz. Has a good historic overview of meters and motivates the K-meter</li>
   <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_programme_meter#Table_of_characteristics">Wikipedia: Peak programme meter</a> - overview of meter types.</li>
@@ -121,10 +127,12 @@ title: Metering in Ardour
 
 <h2>Ardour Specifics</h2>
 
-<img class="right" src="/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/mixer-meter-context-menu.png" alt="mixer strip meter context menu" />
+<img class="right" src="/images/mixer-meter-context-menu.png" alt="mixer strip meter context menu" />
+
 <p>
   Meters are available in various places in ardour:
 </p>
+
 <ul>
   <li>The mixer window features fixed height meters for each <dfn>channel strip</dfn>.</li>
   <li>There are small (narrow) meters on each <dfn>track-header</dfn> in the editor window.</li>
@@ -132,12 +140,14 @@ title: Metering in Ardour
   <li>Optionally, a fixed-size <dfn>master meter</dfn> can be displayed in the main toolbar.</li>
   <li>Various other locations (<dfn>file import</dfn>, <dfn>sends</dfn>) have level-meters.</li>
 </ul>
+
 <p>
   They all share the same configuration and color-theme which is available in
   preferences and the theme-manager. Settings for the Peak and RMS+Peak meters 
   as well as VU meter standards are found in  
   <kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; GUI &gt; Metering</kbd>.
 </p>
+
 <p>
   The type of meter and the <dfn>metering point</dfn> (the place in the signal chain
   where the meter taps the signal) are configurable in the context menu of each meter.
@@ -145,11 +155,14 @@ title: Metering in Ardour
   Strip</kbd> settings, the metering point is also accessible via a button in
   each Mixer strip.
 </p>
-<img class="right" src="/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/meter-preferences.png" alt="" />
+
+<img class="right" src="/images/meter-preferences.png" alt="" />
+
 <p>
   Regardless of meter type and standard the meter display will highlight red if 
   the signal on the given channel exceeds the configured peak threshold.
 </p>
+
 <p>
   <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> on the peak-indicator button resets the
   <dfn>peak-hold indicator</dfn> of a single channel.<br />
@@ -160,19 +173,18 @@ title: Metering in Ardour
 <h2>Overview of meter types</h2>
 
 <p>
-  The figure on the left shows all available meter-types in Ardour 3.4 when fed with a 
-  -18&nbsp;dBFS 1&nbsp;kHz sine wave.
+  The figure on the left below shows all available meter-types in Ardour 3.4 when fed with a -18&nbsp;dBFS 1&nbsp;kHz sine wave.
 </p>
 
-<img class="right" style="max-width:45%;height:400px;" src="/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/needle-meters-18.png"
+<img class="right" style="max-width:45%;height:400px;" src="/images/needle-meters-18.png"
 alt="Needle-style meters as external LV2 plugins" />
-<img style="max-width:45%; height:400px" src="/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/meter-types-18.png"
+<img style="max-width:45%; height:400px" src="/images/meter-types-18.png"
 alt="Bar-graph meters in Ardour" />
+<br /><br />
 
 <p>
-  Due to layout concerns and consistent look&amp;feel all meters available in 
-  Ardour itself are bar-graph type meters. Corresponding needle-style meters
-  &mdash;  which take up more visual screen space &mdash; are available as 
-       LV2 plugins (see image on the right):
-       <a href="https://github.com/x42/meters.lv2/">meters.lv2</a>.
+  Due to layout concerns and consistent look &amp; feel, all meters available in 
+  Ardour itself are bar-graph type meters. Corresponding needle-style meters&mdash;which take up more visual screen space&mdash;are available as 
+  <a href="https://github.com/x42/meters.lv2/">LV2 plugins</a> (see image on the upper right).
 </p>
+