Re: Resized images appear stretched

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Thanks for the further explanation.

So when you open the image in Photoshop, does it look stretched there? (I'm
trying to figure out if Picture Manager is actually the problem.)

I was thinking you might want to open the saved image on your harddrive with
Irfanview, a free downloadable image editor. I'd be interested in knowing if
it's looking stretched there.

Oh, which versions of PPT, Word, and Sharepoint?

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"Mkate" <Mkate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

The SharePoint site is where we are storing the final/resized images for
our
users to retrieve and use for their Proposal Covers.

We have a Word Cover Template file with a predefined area to insert a
graphic (4.88" x 9.75"). The Cover in Word is a table and the graphic
size
is one of the rows. We have a guide set up with these exact dimensions in
PowerPoint. A user downloads an image (JPG) from our company-approved
graphic
library and inserts it in the PowerPoint template, placing it behind the
properly sized rectangular guide. The image is moved within the sized
outline
to align to the left hand margin of the space, then the image is sized to
fit
the entire space, holding down the ALT key while enlarging the image to
fit
the 4.88" x 9.75" space. The image is saved as a JPG file and closed.
When
the file is reopened, either from a hard drive or from the SharePoint site
by
double clicking on it, the image opens in a "stretched" looking format.
When
the resized image is inserted in the Word Cover template, the image fills
the
space correctly and does not look stretched. The cover file prints
correctly.

We are trying to make this new library of resized images available for
online viewing so a user can review and then select the appropropriate
image
for their project. However, viewing the images in a normal view is giving
us
a problem

We have used vertical and portrait orientation images and the same
"stretched" look apepars. If we bring the image into Photoshop and resize
there, we do not have the problem. However, only a few users have access
to
Photoshop, while the company application is PowerPoint.

Thank you for your message. Hope this helps.

--
Mkate


"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

In article <88F4299E-0F2E-49DE-8B33-0309D81EBBD1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mkate
wrote:
Hello,

This is my first time using the PowerPoint forum for help. I have used
the
Word forum and appreciate the very quick/timely resonses that I have
received.

I have an 11x17 cover page Word template that has a placeholder for a
graphic. The image size is 4.88" x 9.75". I am using JPEG images from
a
company resource library to resize to fit my cover. Upon resizing the
image
(in PowerPoint) and saving it, I can then insert it into my cover
template
and it fits the placeholder perfectly. The images are stored on a
SharePoint
site for my team to use for their projects.

The problem is when users open the image from the site, the image
appears
"stretched" looking.

I'm a bit confused here as to what Word and PowerPoint have to do with
the image
that the users are seeing on the site.

How exactly are you resizing images in PowerPoint?



Also, I notice that some of the
images have a yellow box with four arrows in the lower right of the
image
(When I hover over the area, the text says expand to regular size.)
There are
several people working on the resizing and we are trying to figue out
what we
are doing wrong.

Has anyone seen this? I am not sure what I am doing wrong with the
resizing
process. How can I get the images to view correctly when just
viewing them and not placing them in my template?

Thank you for your response.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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