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Cropping and resizing images using Microsoft
Office Picture Manager
You can use Microsoft Office Picture Manager to quickly crop and resize images you wish
to publish on a webpage or send by email.
Resizing images using Microsoft Office Picture Manager reduces their file size so
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web pages load faster because images take less time to download
photos take less time to download to your computer from an email
Note for Web Curators
Although you can use width and height settings in CMS or Dreamweaver to specify the
dimensions of the image on the web page it does not change the actual file size. In fact
when this is done it has to load the original image size and then resize it to the dimensions
you set for the page. This causes pages to load very slowly especially when you have
more than one original sized image on a page. It can also cause the CMS to seem slow to
respond when you are doing page updates. All images which are going to be uploaded
and published on the CSU website should be reduced to their required size first. They
should be in their ready to publish format prior to upload.
Always think of the web as the final area, not a storage area.
To open and edit an image in Microsoft Office Picture Manager
1. Go to Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office Tools, and click Microsoft Office
Picture Manager
Click Microsoft
Office Picture
Manager
2. Select Add a new picture shortcut from the Getting
Started task pane on the right hand side of the screen
3. Navigate to the folder where your images are stored and click Add
Click Add when
you have selected
the folder location
The folder will appear on the left hand side and your images will display in the middle as
shown below. You can now select an image to edit.
4. Double click the image you wish to edit to open it
5. Click Edit pictures to view the editing tools
Click Edit
pictures
Note: If you only need part of an image eg for a staff profile
photo you can use the Crop tool.
If you just need to resize skip ahead to the next section.
Double click image
to open it
To crop an image
1. Click Crop and handles will appear on each corner
of your image
Click
Crop
2. Click on a crop handle and drag to resize
3. Once you have selected the area you need click OK
Crop
handle
Click
OK
The areas outside of your selection will be cropped.
To return to the editing tools
1. Click on the Home icon to return to the editing tools
Click
Home
To resize an image
1. Click Resize and the Resize task pane will open
You can resize your image using your preferred
setting. You can choose a
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Click
Resize
predefined width and height
custom width and height
percentage of original width and height
2. Select your preferred setting(s) and click OK
The image below has been reduced to 25% of its
original size.
Choose a custom width and
height here
Choose a
percentage
here
Choose a
predefined width
and height here
3. Preview your image at its new full size by selecting 100% from the View drop down
in the main toolbar
4. Save your image by clicking the Save icon or using the menu (File, Save)
You are now ready to use your newly resized image.