2 Methods to Quickly Resize Pictures in Your Word Document

Word Document Recovery, Word Solutions April 24, 2020

In this article, we will show you how to quickly resize multiple pictures in your Word document to meet certain requirements.

It’s not unusual to have many pictures inserted into a Word document nowadays. Yet, sometimes these pictures should be set in the same size. And normally, the picture inserted is in “In line with text” wrapping style, which means we can’t select them all at the same time. Thus, to adjust the picture size can be time-consuming even when there are only several of them.

Following are 2 quick ways you might find helpful.

Method 1: Use “F4”

  1. First and foremost, double click on a picture to enter editing mode.
  2. Second, click the down arrow button in “Size” group under “Format” tab to open the “layout” dialog box.Click Down Arrow Button
  3. In the dialog box open, change the height and width as you need first.
  4. Then clear the “Lock aspect ratio” and “Relative to original picture size” boxes in “Scale” part.
  5. Lastly, click “OK”.Set New Height and Width ->Clear Boxes ->Click "OK"
  6. Next, click on another picture and press “F4”. You shall find the second picture now is in the same size as the previous one. “F4” here can repeat the last action.

Method 2: Use VBA Codes

Generally speaking, method 1 can save you a lot time already. However, in case you find it dull and boring to click on picture and press “F4” key, you can take the help of VBA codes to finish the task once for all.

  1. To start with, click “Developer” tab.
  2. Then click “Visual Basic” in “Code” group or press “Alt+ F11” to open the VBA editor.Click "Developer" ->Click "Visual Basic"
  3. Next, click “Normal”.
  4. Click “Insert”.
  5. And choose “Module”.Click "Normal" ->Click "Insert" ->Choose "Module"
  6. Then double click on the new module to open editing area.
  7. Paste the bellowing codes there:
Sub SetupAllPictureSize()
  Dim objInlineShape As InlineShape
  Dim objShape As Shape
    
  For Each objInlineShape In ActiveDocument.InlineShapes
    objInlineShape.Height = 500
    objInlineShape.Width = 500
  Next objInlineShape

  For Each objShape In ActiveDocument.Shapes
    objShape.Height = 500
    objShape.Width = 500
  Next objShape
End Sub
  1. Finally, hit “Run” button.Paste Codes ->Click "Run"

Notes:

  1. You can alter the values in codes “objInlineShape.Height = 500” and “objInlineShape.Width = 500” as you need to change the height and width of pictures in “In line with text” wrapping style.
  2. You can alter the values in codes “objShape.Height = 500” and “objShape.Width = 500” to change the height and width of pictures not in “In line with text” wrapping style.

Handle Document Problems

A Word document containing too many pictures can not only slow down the processing speed but also cause document corruptions. One way is to avoid inserting too many pictures in a Word file so you won’t encounter with such a problem. The other way is however, to get a docx problem fix tool in advance, so you won’t have to worry about losing important file.

Author Introduction:

Vera Chen is a data recovery expert in DataNumen, Inc., which is the world leader in data recovery technologies, including xlsx data error repair tool and pdf repair software products. For more information visit www.datanumen.com

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