crop a pic in word 3

[mscallisto]

I believe the answer will be no but have to ask anyway.

In MS Word 2000 I've pasted the results of [Alt PrintScreen]
Can the picture then be cropped in Word or am I restricted to resizing only?

I generally do any cropping first in photoshop then paste to word.

 

[Longinthetooth]

Just open the picture toolbar in word and use the crop tool. Works in XP so it should in 2000.

Ray

 

[flyboytim]

When you crop a picture in Word, the Word.doc filesize does not decrease, i.e. the image is still all there, only the viewable image is cropped. If you crop the picture first in an image editor like PSP or Photoshop and save the cropped image, before inserting into the file, the Word.doc filesize is smaller reflecting the reduced embedded image size. I would say therefore, process your image in an image editor first.

 

[mscallisto]

Thanks longinthetooth never looked there, the crop tool is in fact there.

And thanks flyboytim I didn't realize that,...but maybe you can answer another question.

I made two word docs and in in the first pasted a pic generated by [alt printScreen]

I also pasted the same in printshop then saved it as the smallest (most compressed) jpeg (uncropped).

I then put that small jpeg into the second word file.

The first word file was smaller. I would have never guessed that.

 

[flyboytim]

Firstly, I don't know! Second thought is that Word does not use jpeg compression, but stores the image as a bitmap. I wonder if the colour depth of the saved jpeg is greater than the original pasted image. I know that if a word file containing an image is also saved as a rtf file, the rtf is often larger than the .doc! Possibly someone who knows could enlighten us.
However, I have tested the cropping of a bitmap image within Word and with PSP before inserting, and what I said in the post above holds true.

 

[flyboytim]

Still learning about Word! Go to view, toolbars and picture. Use the crop tool on your picture then go to compress on the toolbar. you can select to delete the cropped part of the images and to compress the images too. It warns that the image quality may suffer, and offers an optimization process.

 

[mscallisto]

flyboytim

I'm using word2000 and can't seem to locate "compress" option although I see crop and image control etc.

Add Buttons doesn't show anything resembling "compress" either.

What version or eord are you using?

 

[flyboytim]

Word 2002 has this feature, I am sorry, I cannot comment regarding Word 2000. The icon on the picture toolbar is like the picture icon itself, but smaller, with an arrow pointing inwards at each corner. It is possibly a new feature.