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Thread ID: 60690 2005-08-10 00:42:00 Re "Paint" photo import gradebdan (2186) Press F1
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379909 2005-08-10 04:26:00 I tried Wordpad...File...New..Insert..Object...Bitmap image...Create from file. All I can get into Wordpad is an icon with the file name of my photo. gradebdan (2186)
379910 2005-08-13 00:27:00 Quite by chance I found for my Lexmark printer a "viewing Booth". This allowed me to alter the size to what I wanted ,just before printing. gradebdan (2186)
379911 2005-08-13 01:09:00 Go to Image>Stretch-Skew and enter the % reduction you want . You can do it in several bites if necessary to get the size right, but that is not really important because you can size the image in the final document .

I use Paint quite a lot because I can open as many iterations of the program as I want, each showing a different image, and switch between them at will for reference purposes while writing reports .

To include the image in a report I copy it then use Edit>Paste Special rather than Insert Image . The result can be dragged around the screen for placement and resized to suit by dragging one corner .

There are better image handling programs for sure, but operating on the KISS principle I find Paint fast and efficient for the functions I need .

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
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