Picture Manager Resize Quirk

[Chuck Cusack]

When I try to resize a picture to a custom size, it seems to
pick whichever dimension it feels like instead of the one I
specify, and it is really making me angry. I have a bunch of
pictures that I want to be a specific width, but depending on
aspect ratio, it resizes the height instead. This is very aggrivating.
Is there anything I can do?

Thanks,

 

[Mary Sauer]

When you open the Picture Manager, on the Getting Started taskbar, select "Export
pictures", do your resizing in the dialog.

 

[Chuck Cusack]

I don't have a "Getting Started" taskbar.
But when I do that from File-->Export, it behaves the same way--
it resizes the dimension it feels like, not the one I specify.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Chuck,

MS Office Picture Manager doesn't let you change
the aspect ratio when resizing, only when cropping.

The 'custom' in resizing is a bit misleading. It's only referring
to a custom change in relative dimensions.
You can use other graphic apps, including
http://www.irfanview.com for custom sizing without
retaining the aspect ratio.

FYI, 'Resize' is one of the panels in the Task Pane
(Ctrl+F1 to toggle on and off), 'Getting Started'
that Mary referred to is the default starting
Taskpane.

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I don't have a "Getting Started" taskbar.
But when I do that from File-->Export, it behaves the same way--
it resizes the dimension it feels like, not the one I specify. >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Chuck Cusack]

I realize it is keeping the aspect ratio, but it should be able to do this and
let me specify whether I want the size based on width or height. I am
not trying to change the aspect ratio--in fact I want it to remain the same.
I just want to resize based on a new width, not on the narrowest dimension,
which is what it appears it is doing.
It is simple math to do this, and I just cannot believe it cannot be
implemented
to allow me to choose which dimension to resize based on--well I won't
believe it, because it certainly CAN be done. This just seems like a stupid
restriction with no explainable reason.

I'll look into the program you mention.

Thanks.