Thanks, Bob. So it sounds like my best bet is to find some way to resize
them to something manageable at the 96 dpi. Time to hunt for Photoshop.

Ed

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi Ed,

It doesn't sound like the Pixel per inch (PPI)
value is stored in the graphic, in which case
Word uses the value in Tools=Options=General
[Web Options]=Pictures.

1.92" @ 300PPI is 6" @96 PPI and 8" at 72PPI.

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"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have JPG pictures. According to MS Photo Editor (File, Properties),
they
are 1.92 inches by 2.56 inches, in 24-Bit True Color at 300-pixel
resolution, and about 1.3 MB.

Using InsertPictureFrom File, the inserted picture balloons in the
Word
doc at 75% - 4.5 x 6 - of a 6 x 8 size.

Why the size change? How can I keep them small? What's the best way to
handle inserting photos?
Ed
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