Tip #4394 - Picture Perfect in Word
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Picture
Perfect
Do you use a lot
of pictures in your MS Word documents?
Do you spend a
lot of time resizing them so that they will fit perfectly into the
space you planned on?
After awhile,
does your perfect picture look distorted and just plain wrong?
Want to reset
it to its original size?
You could use
the Reset Picture button from the Picture toolbar
(Picture Tools ribbon in Office 2007), but that one resets everything,
including the color, contrast, etc.
If you're looking
to simply reset the picture to its original size, here's something
you can try.
In older versions
of MS Office, hold down the Ctrl key and double click
the picture.
Poof!
All the size changes
are gone and you're back to the original picture size, with the other
changes, such as coloring, still intact.
Now, if you're
working with MS Office 2007, that one doesn't seem to cut it, so here's
what I found for you.
On the Picture
Tools ribbon, you're looking for the Size
section on the far right.
In the bottom
right corner, you need to locate the little arrow.
Click
it.
The Size dialogue
box will open and at the bottom, you should see a Reset button.
Click
it.
You should see
your picture snap back to its original size and you're then ready
to click the Close button.
Also, speaking
of distorted pictures, maybe we should take a quick look at how to
resize pictures to minimize any more problems in the future.
If you're looking
to resize a picture, but still keep its original proportions, use
a corner handle.
This allows you
to quickly change the picture size, but it doesn't leave the picture
looking "stretched out."
If you want to
resize the picture in only one direction (make it taller or wider),
use a center handle.
Using the correct
resizing handles from the beginning may save you the start over time
caused by the distorted pictures we sometimes create.
Plus, if all else
fails, you can always go back to the beginning and try it again!
~ April
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