How To Shrink A Photo File Size

Compress individual pictures

When you don't need every single pixel in an prototype to get an acceptable version of it, you tin can compress pictures to brand the file size smaller.

With your file open up in your Microsoft Function application, select the moving-picture show or pictures that you want to compress.
Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Shrink Pictures.

If y'all practise non encounter the Pic Tools - Format tab, make sure that you selected a film. You may have to double-click the moving picture to select it and open the Format tab.

Besides, depending on your screen size, you might only see the icons for the Accommodate group. The Shrink Pictures button appears without a characterization.
To shrink the selected pictures only and not all of the pictures in the certificate, select the Utilize only to this pic check box.

Clearing the Apply merely to this picture checkbox will override any previous changes you accept made for other individual pictures in this certificate.
Nether Resolution, click the resolution that you want, then click OK.
Notes:
- The default picture resolution in Office is 220 ppi. You tin can Modify the default motion picture resolution or Turn off picture pinch.
- Compression changes are made when you close this dialog box. If yous aren't satisfied with the results, you can undo the changes.
- Compressing a picture may make the paradigm look different because of loss of detail. Because of this, you should compress the picture and save the file before applying an artistic outcome.
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Important:This setting applies only to pictures in the current document or the certificate selected in the list next to Image Size and Quality. To make it the default for all new documents change the drop down.

Notation that this feature is non available in Microsoft Project 2013 or in Office 2007.

Click the File tab.
Click Options and so click Advanced.
Under Image Size and Quality, apply the drop downward to select whether y'all want the change to apply to a specific certificate or all new (and future) documents.
Set the resolution that you desire to default to, then click OK

Any info on the changes you've made to your moving picture are stored in your file. Yous can reduce the size of your file by deleting this editing data, but if you want to undo your edits you will need to reinsert the film.

Note:This feature is not available in Microsoft Project 2013 or Microsoft Project 2016.

Click the File tab.
Click Options and then click Avant-garde.
Nether Prototype Size and Quality, click the certificate that you want to remove picture editing data from.
Under Prototype Size and Quality, select the Discard editing data checkbox.

Note:This setting applies only to pictures in the electric current document or the document selected in the list adjacent to Paradigm Size and Quality.

See Too

Change the default resolution for inserting pictures in Function

Editing photos without Picture Managing director

Compress the media files in your presentation

Crop a picture

Turn off picture show compression

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Compress individual pictures

To compress all pictures in your document, on the ribbon, select File > Compress Pictures (or File > Reduce File Size).

To compress only selected pictures, hold down SHIFT, click the pictures y'all desire to compress, and so click Compress Pictures on the Picture Format tab.
Select an option in the Picture Quality box. Highest resolution is listed first and the lowest resolution is listed final.

Tip:If you lot have cropped any pictures, you can reduce the file size even more than by selecting the Delete cropped areas of pictures check box.
Click Selected pictures but or All pictures in this file.

Notation:If you lot use the File bill of fare to cull all pictures in step 1, these options will exist unavailable. Compression will be practical to all pictures in your document.