Resizing Images

Using FrontPage

Resizing a picture changes only the HTML tags (HTML tag: A text string used in HTML to identify a page element's type, format, and appearance. FrontPage automatically creates HTML tags to represent each element on a page.) that tell a Web browser how to display that picture. The graphics file itself is not changed, and neither is its size or its download time.

• Manually Resize Images
• Resize Images by Specifying Pixel or Percent Values
• Image Cropping
• Adding Images to Web Pages
• Image Optimization

Manually Resize Images

1. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design tab (or HTML) .
2. Click the picture, and then drag a sizing handle (sizing handle: One of the small circles or squares that appears at the corners and sides of a selected object. You drag these handles to change the size of the object.) to a new position.
   
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Note:  To preserve the picture's current proportions, drag a corner handle. If you drag a side (top/bottom or left/right) handle, the picture will become distorted.

Resize Images by Specifying Pixel or Percent Values

1. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design tab (or HTML) .
2. Right-click the picture, and then click Picture Properties on the shortcut menu.
   
   
    
3. On the Appearance tab, under Size, select the Specify size check box.
4. To specify whether or not to retain the current aspect ratio, select or clear the Keep aspect ratio check box.
5. In the Height and Width boxes, enter the pixel or percent values that you want.
   
   If you select the Keep aspect ratio check box and then enter a value for either Height or Width, FrontPage automatically changes the value in the other box to preserve the original proportions.

Note:  You can resample (Changing the pixel dimensions and therefore the physical file size of a picture or a graphic. Graphics can be resampled down (the number of pixels decreased) or resampled up (the number of pixels increased).) the picture according to its new size, which can provide improved clarity while increasing or decreasing the size of the graphics file.

To resample the picture, in the lower-right corner of the picture, click Picture Actions, and then click Resample Picture to Match Size.

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Image Cropping

By cropping a graphic, you can remove areas of the graphic that you don't want to use.

1. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .
2. Click the graphic.
3. On the Pictures toolbar, click Crop .
   
   If the Pictures toolbar is hidden, right-click the graphic, and then click Show Pictures Toolbar on the shortcut menu.
    
4. Drag the handles of the cropping box to resize and include the part of the graphic that you want to keep.
5. Click Crop again to remove the area outside of the cropping box.

Last Modified: April 6, 2009

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