How to Make All Pictures of Same Size in Microsoft Word

Imagine this: you want to insert multiple images into your Word document. Initially, the images are different sizes, but you want them to be the same size in your document. Although you can use the right photo editing tools, sometimes you don't have access to it. In such situations, you can use Microsoft Word itself to resize all the images.

There's no denying that Microsoft Word is incredible when it comes to text. But if you dive deep into it, you will also discover its hidden features related to other things such as photo editing. For example, did you know that you can give your image a perfectly round shape directly in Word?

Likewise, you can create images of the same size in Word. Let's see how to do it using the two methods mentioned below.

Method 1: Use Macros

Sometimes we wish to have a single button where pressing it would automatically perform a difficult task. This is what macros do in Word.

Macros automate a certain task that would otherwise require you to run it repeatedly. You can create a macro by recording the steps you want to perform or by writing a set of instructions.

Since we have to resize all the images in MS Word, we would take the help of macros. We would create it by writing the code to resize the photos. Do not be mistaken. Here are the steps in detail:

Step 1: Open the Word file in which you want to create all the images of the same size.

2nd step: Click on the first photo in the file to select it. Then click on the View tab at the top.

Step 3: Click on Macros.

Step 4: A pop-up window will open. Type a name in the box under the name of the macro. You can name it anything. For the sake of understanding, we would call it Resize.

Then click on Create.

Step 5: A new Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window opens. Select the existing code and delete it.

Step 6: Then copy and paste one of the following codes into the window.

Type A: Use the following code if you want to change the height and width in terms of pixels. Replace 500 and 600 with your own values.

 Sub resize() Dim i As Long With ActiveDocument  For i = 1 To .InlineShapes.Count  With .InlineShapes(i) .Height = 500 .Width = 600  End With  Next i End With End Sub 

Type B: Use it if you want to change the size in inches. Replace 2 with your value.

 Sub resize() Dim i As Long With ActiveDocument  For i = 1 To .InlineShapes.Count  With .InlineShapes(i) .Height = InchesToPoints(2) .Width = InchesToPoints(2)  End With  Next i End With End Sub 

Type C: If you want to scale the images, the following code will help you. Replace 30 and 40 with your preferred values.

 Sub resize() Dim i As Long With ActiveDocument  For i = 1 To .InlineShapes.Count  With .InlineShapes(i)  .ScaleHeight = 30  .ScaleWidth = 40  End With  Next i End With End Sub  

Step 7: Once copied, close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window by clicking on the cross icon.

Step 8: With the image selected, click Macros again on the View tab.

Step 9: The Macros window opens. Click Run with your selected macro.

As soon as you press the Run button, you will notice that the size will change for all images.

Method 2: using the magic key

Did you know that you can repeat the last action performed on Microsoft Office applications by simply clicking a button on your keyboard? This key is the F4 key on Windows and the Y key on Mac.

Point: On some keyboards, you must click the fn and F4 keys simultaneously.

Here are the steps of this method:

Step 1: Open the Word document that contains your images.

2nd step: Right-click on the first image and select Size and Position.

Step 3: In the Layout area that opens, click the Size tab. Then uncheck the box next to Lock aspect ratio. Enter the required values ​​for the height and width of the images in the given boxes. Click on Ok.

Step 4: You will notice that the size will be changed for the selected image. Now click on the other images one by one and press the F4 (or fn + F4 on Windows) or Y (on macOS) key for each of them. This will repeat the action performed in step 3 – change the height and width of the image.

Note: Do not take any other action in between.

Size matters

A well organized document with good sized images looks better than an unorganized document. Although the above methods will allow you to accomplish the task you have planned to resize all the images, we wish there was a simple way. Until we get this, you will have to rely on the two methods mentioned above. If you know another way, we always listen in the comments below.

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