Another bug?

[JethroUK©]

In save options, "Delete cropped areas of pictures" doesn't work?

I have a document which is a whooping 8 meg

Does this feature actually work, or have i got to crop pictures in MS Paint?

 

[Doug Robbins]

I'm not sure where you are seeing that option. I don't see it anywhere.

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[JethroUK©]

File/Save As/ Tools/Compress Pictures

I'm not sure where you are seeing that option. I don't see it anywhere.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Interesting. I was quite unaware of that dialog.

 

[TF]

Me neither (it is the same dialog launched when using Format, Pictures,
Compress Option, which is where I normally use this).

But in answer to your question, there has been a bug with the cropped areas
of pictures being 'hidden' rather than actually cropped. I believe this was
fixed in Off2k3 SP1: however, I have not tested it.

I will freely admit that I rarely edit pictures in Word as it isn't that
clever choosing the simple free IrfanView tool in preference. However, if
full control over graphics optimisation is a must then you really need
something more powerful such as PaintShopPro.

Try IrfanView: it is free, exceptionally easy to use and if the standard
range of formats supported is insufficient, there are many plug-ins
available for it.




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: > consulting basis.
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: > Hope this helps,
: > Doug Robbins - Word MVP
: > : > > In save options, "Delete cropped areas of pictures" doesn't work?
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: > > Does this feature actually work, or have i got to crop pictures in MS
: > > Paint?
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[Doug Robbins]

I swear that I looked there for that before posting and it was not there.
It is now though.

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[JethroUK©]

Me neither (it is the same dialog launched when using Format, Pictures,
Compress Option, which is where I normally use this).

But in answer to your question, there has been a bug with the cropped areas
of pictures being 'hidden' rather than actually cropped.

cropped areas are hidden by default anyway, in any program anyway, so you
can UNcrop em - the XP compression "feature" is spose to get rid altogether

I believe this was
fixed in Off2k3 SP1: however, I have not tested it.

i'm using Office XP ( i seem to recall it worked fine in 2K) & i believe it
was included for a laugh (why else include a 'feature' that does nothing at
all)

I will freely admit that I rarely edit pictures in Word as it isn't that
clever choosing the simple free IrfanView tool in preference. However, if
full control over graphics optimisation is a must then you really need
something more powerful such as PaintShopPro.

I dont need any special features - Word, Built-in picture editing is more
than enough for my needs - in fact it is ideal, since i only have to insert
one picture into a manual & used the same picture and cropped different
areas from it to produce different diagrams

I have to create 20+ manuals, each including around 100+ pictures - first
manual (only 25 pages) is whooooping 8 meg+, which is ridiculous

Try IrfanView: it is free, exceptionally easy to use and if the standard
range of formats supported is insufficient, there are many plug-ins
available for it.

i can use M.S. Paint for cropping, it's no big deal - but it's just going to
take me 4-5 time longer to create each manual because i'll have to use a
seperate application just to crop the pictures.

if the XP feature worked it would be perfect - alas it makes all the right
noises whilst compressing (supposedly), but the file ends up the same size &
the cropped images have not been (

Thanx anyway

 

[JethroUK©]

apparently, XP is too

Interesting. I was quite unaware of that dialog.

 

[JethroUK©]

You might find it's only available when there are pics in the doc - alas
it's academic since it doesn't work

 

[Alex]

Hi JethroUK

A quick and simple way around the bug that may work for
you is to do the following:

1. Copy and paste the picture as required
2. Crop the picture as required
3. Cut the cropped picture
4. Paste Special as Picture

This has always worked for me when using Word XP. If
using 2003, it's not so good as MS have removed the Paste
Special as Picture option and replaced it with Paste
Special as:

Picture (JPG)
Picture (GIF)
Picture (PNG)
Picture (WMF)
Picture (EMF), etc...

etc and else formats either loose the quality of the
picture or, in the case of the metafiles, slow down the
scrolling of the page (a know bug).

Hope this helps

Alex

 

[JethroUK]

Works peachy - thanx very much



Hi JethroUK

A quick and simple way around the bug that may work for
you is to do the following:

1. Copy and paste the picture as required
2. Crop the picture as required
3. Cut the cropped picture
4. Paste Special as Picture

This has always worked for me when using Word XP. If
using 2003, it's not so good as MS have removed the Paste
Special as Picture option and replaced it with Paste
Special as:

Picture (JPG)
Picture (GIF)
Picture (PNG)
Picture (WMF)
Picture (EMF), etc...

etc and else formats either loose the quality of the
picture or, in the case of the metafiles, slow down the
scrolling of the page (a know bug).

Hope this helps

Alex