Strange behavior when pasting images into a frame

[BillW]

We have a template that we use to create thousands of documents from. It
has some placeholder frames where the user drags and drops images from his
digital camera.

Ordinarily, the images resize themselves to fill the frame after being
dragged in. But some images do not do this and I can't tell what's
different about the two images.

Both are jpgs from digital cameras. The only thing I notice is that the
images that don't resize have more meta data in them than some of the other
images I've tried.

Is this behavior controlled by a Word config setting - is it something
stored in the jpg?

This is the meta data stored in the image that doesn't resize.Format: JPEG File Interchange Format
Color Component Storage: 24 bits per pixel JFIF Version 1.01 Camera Specific
Info:
EXIF Version: 0220
Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot A80
MakerNote Size: 878
MakerNote Offset: 954
Color Space: sRGB
Pixel Columns: 640
Pixel Rows: 480
Component Configuration: 1230
Compressed Bits Per Pixel: 3.00
YCbCr Positioning: Centered
User Comment Size: 264
Date Time: 2005:10:06 02:10:47
Date Time Original: 2005:10:06 02:10:47
Date Time Digitized: 2005:10:06 02:10:47
Exposure Time: 1/500.00
Shutter Speed: 1/501.03
Aperture: f/6.30
Exposure Bias: 0.00
Max Aperture: f/2.80
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash Fired: No
Flash Mode: Auto
Flash Return: No strobe return detection function
Flash Function: Flash present
Flash Red-eye: No red-eye function
Focal Length (mm): 7.81
F Number: 6.30
Focal Plane X Resolution: 2285.71
Focal Plane Y Resolution: 2285.71
Focal Plane Units: Inch
Sensing Method: One chip color area
File Source: DSC
Orientation: Upper Left (1)
X Resolution: 180.00
Y Resolution: 180.00
Resolution Units: Inch
Custom Rendered: Normal process
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio: 1.00
Scene Capture Type: Standard
InteropIndex: R98
InteropVersion: 0100
InteropWidth: 640
InteropHeight: 480
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Thanks!!

 

[Nick Hebb]

I don't know the answer to your question, but PureJPEG works well for
removing all the unnecessary data from your jpg files:

http://www.yafla.com/papers/purejpeg/filter_unnecessary_jpeg_info_such_as_exif.htm

You could try it and see if it makes a difference. It's free, and it's
not malware.

Nick Hebb
BreezeTree Software
http://www.breezetree.com

 

[BillW]

That did the trick. The file I processed through that util resizes
correctly when you paste it into Word. Thanks!

The only problem is that my users can't use something like this. So I need
to figure out which of the meta data is causing this and if there's a way
they can remove it on thier cameras.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Bill,

It appears that the pictures include a Pixel per inch
setting of 180 ppi. If a picture, such as a JPEG,
includes a PPI setting Word uses that when you insert
pictures. If there is no setting Word uses the value
in Tools=>Options=>General=>Web Options=>Pictures for
Pixel per inch to determine basic sizing.

It may or may not be the camera that is setting the data.
For example using the Windows XP picture Wizard to transfer
pictures from a camera chip the Wizard has been known to
set the PPI value to 1 (not what the camera stored) when it
copies over the files.

You can check to see if that is the case using an app such as
http://www.irfanview.com

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<<"BillW" <wolfereeno at yahoo.com> wrote in message That did the trick. The file I processed through that util resizes
correctly when you paste it into Word. Thanks!

The only problem is that my users can't use something like this. So I need
to figure out which of the meta data is causing this and if there's a way
they can remove it on thier cameras. >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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