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How to enable lock picture aspect ratio when inserting picture for background in MS Word?
Dear All,
I have problem when inserting picture in exactly A4 size for background but do not fit in Word document. When inserting picutre, "Lock picture aspect ratio" is not enable. Please help. I have attached picture for your kind reference. Your suggestion and feedback is highly appreciated. Thank you. Regards, Indra |
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Hi, Indra,
How are you inserting the picture? Insert / Picture / [select file]? May I suggest that you first, either take a picture you have successfully sized for your background, or that you first manually insert one, size and arrange exactly as you wish, then while having it selected, go to Insert / Quick Parts / Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery... and saving it there? If you do, it should save the image exactly as you've just set it in the document. In my case, a letterhead background or a report cover background, sized 8.5 x 11 inches, centered on page both horizontally and vertically, wrapping on Behind Text, etc. That way every time I insert it (in my case, I insert as a Header - it still covers the whole page and is centered) it comes in without my having to adjust anything. A couple of screen shots below to help illustrate where those features are if you're not familiar. You can choose to save within your Normal template or in a separate Building Blocks one. I use the "Category" to bump up my most frequently used headers to the top alphabetically (thus the 1A-Letterhead). If several users in your company have to insert the logo, they'll want to open a document with the background as you want it, and save to their own QuickParts. Hope you try this and it works for what you need. Best, Ann |
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Dear kilroyscarnival,
Thank you for your kind cooperation. Please find attached sample word file and verify the background. I want to add my background same as given sample. Thank you. Regards, Indra |
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Oh, it took me a moment. You are inserting the image in Design/Page Color. It shows up in my view of the page, but it's not selectable, and I had to convert the document to a web page in order to extract the background image.
Your method does work. I'm just accustomed to having to change letterhead backgrounds behind documents on the first page, or behind the first page of every section, which is why doing it within a header works for me. I'm not sure whether you would use this background in every document, or whether you use different ones. I've created a new blank document page with your image inserted in the header, full page size and centered. If you select this and insert into Quick Parts, you should be able to insert it into other documents in the same format without having to reset the size, text wrapping, or positioning. |
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For letterhead, the tried and true method is shown at Setting Up Letter Templates - Ribbon by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP and demonstrated in my Letterhead Textboxes and Styles Tutorial.
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made a macro for this
create this macro, one click and all images on the current doc will have locked aspect ratio on:
Sub LockAspectRatioForAllImages() Dim pic As InlineShape For Each pic In ActiveDocument.InlineShapes If pic.Type = wdInlineShapePicture Then pic.LockAspectRatio = msoTrue End If Next pic End Sub |
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