Thread: How to automatically insert pictures the same size in word 2010
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Old 03-05-2013, 02:20 AM
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Hi mindblaster,

There's no such thing as an 'actual size'.

The default size of a picture inserted into a document defaults is a function of a combination of the horizontal & vertical pixel counts, each divided by data in the file indicating a nominal resolution in dpi. Some graphics applications default to 72dpi, which is extremely low - you'd normally want to print a colour photo at around 300dpi.

If the default dimensions, which are obtained dividing the height or width in pixels by the image's nominal resolution, are too large to fit within the page margins, Word scales the picture down to fit. You can further constrain the final size by inserting the picture into a table cell with fixed width and height. In that case, Word uses the cell margins.

The upshot of all this is that images with exactly the same pixel counts can display differently if their nominal resolution differs and/or the margins they're being fitted into vary.
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