Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-20-2013, 12:17 PM
Jimbir's Avatar
Jimbir Jimbir is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 64bit resizing pictures Office 2007
Advanced Beginner
resizing pictures
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 38
Jimbir is on a distinguished road
Default resizing pictures

I have a 25 page document. Each page is an inserted JPG picture. I need to resize them. I can right click on one and resize it but I don't know how to resize all of them at once. Can it be done? How?

Thanks. Jim B.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-20-2013, 02:04 PM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 32bit resizing pictures Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

If the pictures are floating, having resized one picture, you can select all of remainder then press F4 to apply the same dimensions. If they're inline with text, having resized one picture, you can select each of remainder in turn, press F4 to apply the same dimensions to them one at a time.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 11-20-2013, 05:15 PM
Jimbir's Avatar
Jimbir Jimbir is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 64bit resizing pictures Office 2007
Advanced Beginner
resizing pictures
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 38
Jimbir is on a distinguished road
Default

Thanks. But...
I resized one - closed the dialog box - clicked on the next picture and pressed F4. Nothing happened. Maybe I'm missing something....Sounds simple enough.

Jim
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-20-2013, 05:32 PM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 32bit resizing pictures Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

I'd suggest trying again - it definitely works in all Word versions. Make sure you don't select anything more that the picture or do anything else in-between resizing the first one, then clicking on the second one to resize it via F4.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-20-2013, 06:14 PM
Jimbir's Avatar
Jimbir Jimbir is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 64bit resizing pictures Office 2007
Advanced Beginner
resizing pictures
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 38
Jimbir is on a distinguished road
Default

I've resized the first picture (page 1). Closed the dialog box. scrolled down to the next picture (page 2). clicked on it and hit F4. nothing happened...
Maybe I could send you the first 4 pages of the doc and you could take a look at it?
Jim.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-20-2013, 07:38 PM
fumei fumei is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 64bit resizing pictures Office XP
Expert
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 440
fumei is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
If they're inline with text, having resized one picture, you can select each of remainder in turn, press F4 to apply the same dimensions to them one at a time.
This does not work for me either. It is not something I do on any regfular basis. I followed the quoted process and nothing happened. What am I doing wrong?
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 11-21-2013, 12:28 AM
eNGiNe eNGiNe is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 32bit resizing pictures Office 2010 64bit
Expert
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Brussels [BE]
Posts: 746
eNGiNe is on a distinguished road
Default

For a different approach altogether, use the Link option to insert the images and do any resizing you need with a graphics editor.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 11-21-2013, 07:48 AM
Jimbir's Avatar
Jimbir Jimbir is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 64bit resizing pictures Office 2007
Advanced Beginner
resizing pictures
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 38
Jimbir is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by eNGiNe View Post
For a different approach altogether, use the Link option to insert the images and do any resizing you need with a graphics editor.
That would work but it doesn't solve the problem of not being able to resize them all at once.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 11-22-2013, 12:00 AM
eNGiNe eNGiNe is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 32bit resizing pictures Office 2010 64bit
Expert
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Brussels [BE]
Posts: 746
eNGiNe is on a distinguished road
Default

Photoshop, for one, will let you set up a batch resize. Other editors may well offer the same, either as a built-in function or with the help of a platform-based macro utility.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 11-22-2013, 12:10 AM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 32bit resizing pictures Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

eNGiNe: Photoshop & other image editors aren't particularly useful for changing the display size of a picture in Word.

Jimbir & fumei: F4 is a standard Word/Windows function for repeating the last action. Unless something/someone has re-assigned that key, F4 should work to repeat the resizing; it does for me and I've used it with multiple Windows/Word versions.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 11-22-2013, 12:42 AM
fumei fumei is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 64bit resizing pictures Office XP
Expert
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 440
fumei is on a distinguished road
Default

hmmmm, F4 does not do that for me in Word, or IE, or PolyView, or Explorer or Photoshop. Let me switch to a different computer and try it there...

Nope. Now I did check in Customize (Word), and yes F4 is listed as the keyboard shortcut for EditRedoOrRepeat. However, again, performing the actions previously:

Resizing one image. Selecting another, pressing F4

Does nothing.

Hmmmmm
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 11-22-2013, 02:55 AM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 32bit resizing pictures Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

OK, since F4 isn't working for you folk, try the following macro. In it, there's code to reformat both floating and inline pictures. All you should need to do before running the macro is to set the picture scaling or dimensions to suit your requirements (and Delete/Comment out whichever you don't use), plus tell the macro whether the aspect ratios should be preserved (if you set this to True, you only need to set the scaling or dimensions for either the height or the width). As it runs, each picture (or other 'object') will be selected and you'll be asked whether to resize it. You have Yes, No & Cancel options. Cancelling exits the macro.
Code:
Sub ReformatPics()
Dim oShp As Shape, iShp As InlineShape, Rslt, bLockAspectRatio As Boolean
Dim sngScHght As Single, sngScWdth As Single, sngHght As Single, sngWdth As Single
' Set Pic Dimensions here
bLockAspectRatio = True
sngScHght = 70: sngScWdth = 70
sngHght = CentimetersToPoints(10)
sngWdth = CentimetersToPoints(15)
With ActiveDocument
  For Each oShp In .Shapes
    With oShp
      .Select
      Rslt = MsgBox("Resize this picture?", vbYesNoCancel)
      If Rslt = vbCancel Then Exit Sub
      If Rslt = vbYes Then
        .LockAspectRatio = bLockAspectRatio
        ' Delete/Comment out unused scaling/dimensioning parameters here
        .ScaleHeight sngScHght / 100, True
        .ScaleWidth sngScWdth / 100, True
        .Height = sngHght
        .Width = sngWdth
      End If
    End With
  Next
  For Each iShp In .InlineShapes
    With iShp
      Rslt = MsgBox("Resize this picture?", vbYesNoCancel)
      If Rslt = vbCancel Then Exit Sub
      If Rslt = vbYes Then
        .LockAspectRatio = bLockAspectRatio
        ' Delete/Comment out unused scaling/dimensioning parameters here
        .ScaleHeight = sngScHght
        .ScaleWidth = sngScWdth
        .Height = sngHght
        .Width = sngWdth
      End If
    End With
  Next
End With
MsgBox "Finished Reformatting."
End Sub
PS: In the macro, I've used the 'CentimetersToPoints' conversion. If you prefer, you can use the 'InchesToPoints' conversion, or simply input a number of points with no conversion (e.g instead of CentimetersToPoints(2.54) or InchesToPoints(1) you could insert 72; all give the same result).
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 11-22-2013, 11:38 PM
fumei fumei is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 64bit resizing pictures Office XP
Expert
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 440
fumei is on a distinguished road
Default

Well I am really not sure what is happening, but I overrode the Sub attached to F4 - EditRedoOrRepeat - just to test things.

And yes, F4 does indeed fire EditRedoOrRepeat. However, again, it does NOT repeat any resizing. I have no idea why.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 11-25-2013, 01:50 AM
eNGiNe eNGiNe is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 32bit resizing pictures Office 2010 64bit
Expert
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Brussels [BE]
Posts: 746
eNGiNe is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by macropod View Post
eNGiNe: Photoshop & other image editors aren't particularly useful for changing the display size of a picture in Word.
See what you mean – I'd happily forgotten what I now remember as Word's helpful tendency to resize graphics when they hit the page :-} I was thinking of my usual non-Word workflow, where I frequently edit screenshots (in a graphics editor) so they'll fit neatly into the standard margins on my page.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 11-25-2013, 08:12 AM
Ulodesk Ulodesk is offline resizing pictures Windows 7 64bit resizing pictures Office 2010 64bit
Word 2013 Expert Cert
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 866
Ulodesk is on a distinguished road
Default

Try it this way:
Select the first image, adjust the dimension(s) using the Size/Height, Width scroll boxes at the right end of the Picture Tools tab on the ribbon.

Select the 2nd image and press F4.
Works for me.

Actually, only the last adjustment -- height or width -- repeats; that's what F4 does.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
resizing pictures Problem with resizing Adrian187 PowerPoint 2 12-11-2012 12:18 AM
resizing pictures Resizing A4 doc into A5, end with error powerfulwhite Word 6 07-19-2012 02:16 AM
resizing pictures Resizing pictures alamorchgirl PowerPoint 3 05-27-2011 04:30 PM
resizing pictures Resizing the Name range derohanes Excel 4 05-27-2011 03:05 AM
resizing a checkbox?? aceensor Excel 0 05-10-2006 01:44 PM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:47 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft