sizing GIF's & BMP's to fit page

[Michael J. Gould]

Ontario government has posted certain forms which download as BMP's or
GIF's. Using Word 2002 running on Win98 - - how can the files be fitted to
a letter-size page??? I just want to print out forms that look like the
original ones the government probably scanned into its website in the first
place.

Also, I'm not sure that this is the right forum for the question, but it's
the only suitable one with the word "graphics" in the title, my browser (IE
5.0) has informed me.

Thanks in advance to all who reply.

Michael

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If all you're printing is the form itself, just reduce all the margins to 0"
and ignore all warning about being outside the printable area (assuming that
the graphic itself includes margins). Or change the wrapping to Behind Text
and use Format Picture to change the size to 8.5" x 11".

You might suggest to the government that it invest in a copy of Acrobat and
save the forms as PDFs, which is what much of the rest of the governmental
world does (for example, in the U.S., IRS tax forms and USPS postal forms
are available that in that format).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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