About resizing and cropping an object

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

About resizing and cropping an object

There are two ways that you can change the size of a picture— resizing and cropping.

Resizing changes the dimensions of the picture by stretching or shrinking it.

Before and after examples of resizing


Cropping reduces the size of the picture by removing the vertical or horizontal edges. Cropping is often used to hide or trim a part of a picture, either for emphasis or to remove unwanted portions.


Before and after example of cropping


You can also outcrop, which adds a margin around a picture. You can always restore a resized or a cropped picture to its original size.