Image in Word 2003 refused to resize

[Madawc]

I recently had to adjust an electronic signature in letter-generating report, because it was regarded as 'too large'. My first step was to create a set of reduced versions to clarify just how much they wanted it reduced by. So far, so good.

My problem was when I pasted the electronic signature into a Word document. It was a standard jpg file and I routinely resize them using click-and-drag, but in this case it refused to change. I then right-clicked and tried changing the size using 'Format Picture'. The changes were accepted, but when I exited 'Format Picture' it went back to the size it was.

I found a work-round, I pasted the image into MSPaint, saved it as a new file and imported this into Word, where it behaved normally. But I'm curious as to what the problem was. Does anyone know?

(Background information: the image came from a Crystal report. But in Crystal, it would resize OK.)

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 11.5 with SQL and Windows XP

 

[tf1]

My experience with signatures in Word has to always use .png format. (Jpegs are fine too, but pngs are slightly smaller with fewer colours - which you don't need for signatures.)

I either scan the original signatures from paper or get the users to sign directly into OneNote on a Touch screen device. I then edit them to the correct size in IrfanView (a free to download graphics editor that converts between over 100 formats). You can also scan directly into IrfanView, so it is a very useful tool. The average size for an edited png signature is around 8kb.




Regards: Terry

 

[Madawc]

Thanks, but I already know how to make signatures. I am asking what went wrong in one particular case.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 11.5 with SQL and Windows XP