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Adjusting the size of an image in Microsoft Word

Adjusting the size of an image in Microsoft Word

From the course: Digital Imaging for Business Professionals

Adjusting the size of an image in Microsoft Word

- While I'm a big fan of sizing images in advance using software, there are times that you're going to want to resize once you put an image into your document. Microsoft Word provides several tools to make this easier. Sizing an image inside of Word is very straightforward. You'll notice the ability to click on the image, and if you double-click, the image will be selected with the Format tab. Now, in this case, one of the first things you're going to see is the ability to actually adjust the size using numbers. So, for example, if I wanted this picture to be four inches wide and I press Return, it transforms. Now, in this case, the two numbers adjusted together. Let's go ahead and expand this here for advanced options. You'll notice that the aspect ratio as been locked. This means that, by default, if we leave that checked, adjusting one number adjusts the other. So if I type in an absolute height of three inches, you'll notice that the width adjusts as well. Additionally, you could…

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