Resizing pictures for emailing

[Kinhardly]

I'm brand new to Picture Manager and have Office 2000 - can I resize my
pictures myself instead of using the email large or small options so that
when I email them the quality is good?

Would I do it by resizing the pixels? And if so, what would a recommended
size be. We are on dial-up so it is important that they not be too large.

Em

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Em,

MS Office Picture Manager is new to Office 2003 (i.e. wasn't
shipped with Office 2000)

It's also fairly limited as to its choices for 'resizing'.
A pixel has no preset size. Pixels per inch (PPI) can be adjusted
in some software (depending on graphic type) and if you
know generally how the graphic will be used (i.e. for onscreen
viewing 96 PPI matches what the screen presents (even 72PPI works))
But if you need high quality printable graphics you may need
to zip the graphics done at a higher PPI resolution (GIFs are
always 96PPI - not settable) so that you can attach them as
a smaller file via email.

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I'm brand new to Picture Manager and have Office 2000 - can I resize my
pictures myself instead of using the email large or small options so that
when I email them the quality is good?

Would I do it by resizing the pixels? And if so, what would a recommended
size be. We are on dial-up so it is important that they not be too large.

Em >>
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[Joy]

I don't know about printing quality, but when I send an e-mail picture to
someone from Picture Manager, I change the pixel size to the equivalent of,
say, 4" x 6", so the recipient won't have to scroll to view the picture. I
read somewhere that 72 pixels = one inch. Again, I don't know about
printing quality (usually the person isn't interested in printing anyway),
but the picture LOOKS good, anyway.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Joy,

For screen viewing 72 pixels per inch (Mac standard)
or 96 PPI (Windows standard) both will work for email.

If you right click on a picture in Picture Manager and
choose Properties then 'More' it should show if there
is a preset Pixel/Dot per inch value stored in the graphic.

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I don't know about printing quality, but when I send an e-mail picture to
someone from Picture Manager, I change the pixel size to the equivalent of,
say, 4" x 6", so the recipient won't have to scroll to view the picture. I
read somewhere that 72 pixels = one inch. Again, I don't know about
printing quality (usually the person isn't interested in printing anyway),
but the picture LOOKS good, anyway. >>
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[Joy]

Thanks, Bob,

I did that, and it said 96 DPI. So what does that mean? What should I do
with that information?

Joy

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Joy,

If you have picture at 96ppi or 72ppi then for emailing
purposes other than making the original picture physically
smaller you're in pretty good shape as far as file size.

Keep in mind that you don't know the screen size or setup
others are using to view the email so while you may be able
to see a 4x6 or 5x7 on your screen without scrolling, others
may not be able to, while others may consider those to be
'tiny' for their screen size.

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Thanks, Bob,

I did that, and it said 96 DPI. So what does that mean? What should I do
with that information?

Joy >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx