Automatically sizing graphics

[C Tate]

I *know* (!) this is possible because I've done it before. I can't remember
how I did it (it was just some key combination) so perhaps some clever
person can help?

How do you automatically size a picture to fit within the margins of an A4
page?

I am updating a manual I produced some years ago. It contains a lot of
screen shots. I just used the Alt+ print screen thing then dumped them into
Word. They needed a bit of cropping round the edges, then I did my magic
re-size thing so the picture filled the page and lined up nicely with the
text. I cannot for the life of me remember how to do this.

Please don't say use SnagIT because I haven't got that program. I'm afraid
I'm stuck with Word. I also don't want to get into dragging handles because
all my pics will end up not quite the right size!

Any help?!?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Pictures that are larger than margin width are automatically constrained to
margin width upon insertion, but I don't know of any way to make them
automatically expand to fit it after you've cropped them. The only way I can
think of is to go to Format | Picture | Size and set the width to the margin
width.

Once you've done this with one, you might be able to format others with F4.

 

[C Tate]

Oh well, it was worth a try. I'll give your method a go at work tomorrow.
I'm sure it's probably just as quick providing the proportions of the
picture remain the same and it doesn't end up all squashed! I just can't
remember what I did a couple of years ago but I did find a nifty way to deal
with loads of pics and the result was really good. Old age doesn't come
alone ...