Re: Inserted pictures automatically scales
- From: "Mike Williams" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:56:12 -0000
"James@Bluflame" <James@Bluflame@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E48825F-80C0-4E3B-959A-847EF8B11EC7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Currently having problems with Publisher 2007. When I 'Import Picture'
into a document it automatically scales the image to 90% of actual size. I
can manually scale the image back to 100% however this is annoying.
I wouldn't worry too much about the logical size if I were you. It really
doesn't mean very much. The only really important thing about a picture as
far as size is concerned is its pixel size (1600x1200, 1280x960 or
whatever). Many digital pictures contain information about the intended
logical output size of a picture, information which is placed there by the
camera or scanner or other image source, but that is basically just a
"suggestion" and there can be a very wide difference between the size that
one camera will suggest and the size that another will suggest, sometimes as
low as 72 original image pixels per inch and sometimes 300 original image
pixels per inch or more and sometimes something completely different. If
that suggested logical output size information is present in the image file
then Publisher (and many other programs) will initially display the image on
your screen at a logical size that complies with the suggested pixels per
inch value in the image file (I think it is actually expressed in pixels per
metre) and it will show the "scale" as being 100 per cent. So, the same
pixel size image taken with one camera can initially display on your screen
at a completely different logical size than an exact same pixel size image
taken with a different camera. Also, if the "suggested logical size"
information data is not present in the image file then Publisher will choose
its own "suggested logical output size" in accordance with the pixels per
inch setting of the computer you are currently using. This is usually 96
pixels per logical inch (what used to be called the Windows "small fonts"
setting), but on many machines it is 120 pixels per logical inch (what used
to be called the Windows "large fonts" setting) and it can in fact be any
one of dozens of other possible values. This "pixels per inch" setting is a
user setting, so if an image file does not contain any "suggested logical
size" data (as is sometimes the case) then the exact same picture file can
be initially displayed at a completely different logical size on one
computer than it is on another. So, as you can see, the initial displayed
size of an image really does not mean very much at all, so I would suggest
that you don't worry too much about why your own Publisher setup appears to
be initially displaying your image at a 90 per cent "scale". It really
doesn't matter. All you need to concern yourself with is manually resizing
the picture to the output size that *you* want it to be, regardless of the
output size that the camera or your machine settings thought would be nice
;-)
Mike
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