Resizing Images

When adding images to the website, please make sure that they are already sized to fit the page that you are adding them to - they should be no wider than 700 pixels. The following instructions are designed for use on computers with Windows operating systems.

Step 1: Open Microsoft Office Picture Manager to edit the pictures, there are two ways to do this:

1. From the start menu choose Microsoft Office -> Microsoft Office Tools -> Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

   

2. Right click on an image to be modified and select Open With -> Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

   

Step 2: Once the application loads, select the image to be modified if it is not already displayed. If you cannot see the image that you want to change, you may need to click on Add Picture Shortcut and find the folder containing the image.

Step 3: Choose Edit Pictures from the toolbar menu, and then choose Resize from the list of options.

Step 4: A list of Resizing options will be displayed on the right-hand side of the screen. There are two main options for resizing an image. The first is to choose a default size from a predefined list. A good all round option is Web – Large (640 x 480 px).

Step 5: More precise resizing can be achieved by using the Custom width x height option. Enter the desired new width and height of the image. A fast way of setting these values is to enter the new longest dimension in both fields and the program will calculate the correct dimensions.

Step 6: Click the OK button to complete the image resizing, and then save the changes.

Step 7: If you have several images that all need to be resized to the same new size they can be resized at the same time as a batch. Select the Thumbnail View by clicking on the icon above the images or pressing Ctrl+T. This will display all the images in the selected folder. Select the images to be resized.

Step 8: Enter the new image size in the Resizing options pane on the right-hand side of the screen. Click on the OK button to complete the image resizing, and then save the changes.