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Pasting web pictures into Word 2003
I am working with Word 2003, and trying to paste several pictures, one at a
time, from web pages into my documents. (documents are study notes, pics are non-copyrighted) Problem is, the pasted pictures always show up in my documents as being around 10 to 12 inches wide. I like to view and edit the documents using print view, but these pasted pictures are far bigger than the page. Is there any way to change the default size for pasting a picture so it can be 6.5 inches wide? I have tried pasting the full size picture, then using a macro to change it to the smaller width. I used the macro recorder to set this up on the first picture. But for the subsequent pictures I got a runtime error, and am pretty much stuck at that point. Thanks in advance, JP |
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Pasting web pictures into Word 2003
On Fri, 9 May 2008 16:25:02 -0700, jp wrote:
I am working with Word 2003, and trying to paste several pictures, one at a time, from web pages into my documents. (documents are study notes, pics are non-copyrighted) Problem is, the pasted pictures always show up in my documents as being around 10 to 12 inches wide. I like to view and edit the documents using print view, but these pasted pictures are far bigger than the page. Is there any way to change the default size for pasting a picture so it can be 6.5 inches wide? I have tried pasting the full size picture, then using a macro to change it to the smaller width. I used the macro recorder to set this up on the first picture. But for the subsequent pictures I got a runtime error, and am pretty much stuck at that point. Thanks in advance, JP Here's a simpler method: Insert a table, set the column width to the maximum that you'd want for a picture, and then click Table AutoFit Fixed Column Width. In Tools Options Edit, make sure the default for pasting pictures is "in line with text". Now paste the picture into a table cell, and it will automatically resize to fit within the cell's width. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Pasting web pictures into Word 2003
Thanks for the reply, Jay. That worked better for the width, and even worked
better as a macro. But now the picture is stretched vertically. Is there a way to reduce the picture proportionately, similar to the "lock aspect ratio" option under the Format Picture | Size tab? Thanks again, JP "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 16:25:02 -0700, jp wrote: I am working with Word 2003, and trying to paste several pictures, one at a time, from web pages into my documents. (documents are study notes, pics are non-copyrighted) Problem is, the pasted pictures always show up in my documents as being around 10 to 12 inches wide. I like to view and edit the documents using print view, but these pasted pictures are far bigger than the page. Is there any way to change the default size for pasting a picture so it can be 6.5 inches wide? I have tried pasting the full size picture, then using a macro to change it to the smaller width. I used the macro recorder to set this up on the first picture. But for the subsequent pictures I got a runtime error, and am pretty much stuck at that point. Thanks in advance, JP Here's a simpler method: Insert a table, set the column width to the maximum that you'd want for a picture, and then click Table AutoFit Fixed Column Width. In Tools Options Edit, make sure the default for pasting pictures is "in line with text". Now paste the picture into a table cell, and it will automatically resize to fit within the cell's width. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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: I am working with Word 2003, and trying to paste several pictures, one at a time, from web pages into my documents. (documents are study notes, pics are non-copyrighted) Problem is, the pasted pictures always show up in my documents as being around 10 to 12 inches wide. I like to view and edit the documents using print view, but these pasted pictures are far bigger than the page. Is there any way to change the default size for pasting a picture so it can be 6.5 inches wide? I have tried pasting the full size picture, then using a macro to change it to the smaller width. I used the macro recorder to set this up on the first picture. But for the subsequent pictures I got a runtime error, and am pretty much stuck at that point. Thanks in advance, JP A more effective way to accomplish this is 1) first save the images to a desired folder on your local machine (right click on the image and select "save image as") 2) use an image software to resize the images; retaining proportion/contraints(Ifranview is a free and excellent tool) 3) Then insert the sized local images into your word doc |
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Pasting web pictures into Word 2003
That's odd. I've never seen a picture I pasted into a table that *wasn't*
resized proportionally, and I'm not aware of any setting to change the default one way or the other. It would probably be better to follow the advice given by Don in another reply: Do all your resizing and other graphics work in a graphics editor such as IrfanView (www.irfanview.com) and paste only the finished pictures into Word. IrfanView can resize an entire folder of pictures in one batch. Besides the advantage in speed, you'll find that your Word files are smaller and easier to handle. After all, Word is a word processor, not really a good graphics editor. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 May 2008 19:49:00 -0700, jp wrote: Thanks for the reply, Jay. That worked better for the width, and even worked better as a macro. But now the picture is stretched vertically. Is there a way to reduce the picture proportionately, similar to the "lock aspect ratio" option under the Format Picture | Size tab? Thanks again, JP "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 9 May 2008 16:25:02 -0700, jp wrote: I am working with Word 2003, and trying to paste several pictures, one at a time, from web pages into my documents. (documents are study notes, pics are non-copyrighted) Problem is, the pasted pictures always show up in my documents as being around 10 to 12 inches wide. I like to view and edit the documents using print view, but these pasted pictures are far bigger than the page. Is there any way to change the default size for pasting a picture so it can be 6.5 inches wide? I have tried pasting the full size picture, then using a macro to change it to the smaller width. I used the macro recorder to set this up on the first picture. But for the subsequent pictures I got a runtime error, and am pretty much stuck at that point. Thanks in advance, JP Here's a simpler method: Insert a table, set the column width to the maximum that you'd want for a picture, and then click Table AutoFit Fixed Column Width. In Tools Options Edit, make sure the default for pasting pictures is "in line with text". Now paste the picture into a table cell, and it will automatically resize to fit within the cell's width. |
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