Picture re-sizing problem

[mothership]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Hi,
Since I installed the 12.1.0 update, pictures dropped into picture boxes no longer expand to fill the space the way that they used to. They just sit there with blank regions on either side of them within the picture frame. I have tried dropping them into several templates that are included in PPT and they all have this issue.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[CyberTaz]

Why have you not updated beyond 12.1.0? Office 2008 is now at 12.2.3, so
until you get fully updated it would be surprising if other issues don't
arise as well. This is especially true in Leopard or later, so if you
haven't kept it updated also (10.5.8) it may account for any issues you're
encountering.

Get everything fully up to date, repair disk permissions, restart your Mac,
then come back with complete details if the problem continues.

 

[mothership]

Hi there,
First of all thank you for responding to my post, I have installed the update and done a permissions repair, restarted and do not have any updates available for Leopard.

I and my entire office are still having this problem with dropping pictures in and finding they no longer auto-fill the frame as they did a few weeks ago. I have had verification from one other person outside of our office that they are experiencing the same issue. So I would love it if you or anyone would just give it a try and tell me if you are also having problems with picture sizing. Just open any built in theme in Office 08 and try dropping in a picture and then comment below, thank you!

SRB

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi SRB;

No, I'm not experiencing that here... That's why I suggested that the
updates might be a contributing factor. Nor have I seen any other reports in
this group of a similar nature. AFAIK there is no preference for turning off
the Automatic Picture Scaling feature other than as an 'after-the-fact'
option using the button that appears when you insert an image. I'm at a bit
of a loss since it sounds like you're experiencing it on more than one Mac,
so it's unlikely to be a preference or a specific user account issue.

Have you installed any utility software, helper apps or anything of the sort
on those systems? Can you think of anything else that may have changed at
about the same time this started to happen?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac