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Jul 19, 2015 by azurous in Images

In this article I will explain how

you can use VBA for word to
resize pictures in word. In order
to resize a picture you would
need determine 2 things:

1. Whether the picture is an

inline or oating shape
2. The shape index associated
with the picture
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Throughout this article it is
assumed that the picture is inline
and the shape index is 1. The
concepts in this article could also
be applied to oating pictures by
using the Shapes collection.

Contents [hide]

Basics:
Method 1:
Method 2:
LockAspectRatio:
Resize Picture Width:

Basics:
pictures are resized using the
.ScaleHeight and
.ScaleWidth property of their
associated shape container. This
property determines the size in
percent relative to the original
picture size to scale the image.

Example:

The following code resizes the

picture height to 90% of the
original picture height:

InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht = 90

Example:

The following code resizes the

picture width to 40% of the
original picture width:

Shapes.Item(1).ScaleWidth = 40

The problem with the code above

is that the picture is scaled
relative to its original size. Note
that if not resized by the user,
larger picture are resized by
default upon being inserted in
default upon being inserted in
the word document.

For example take a look at the

gure below:

Upon running the code below we

would expect the height of the
image to be reduced by 30
percent, but instead the image
becomes longer in height:

InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht = 70

Result:

The reason
for this is
 for this is
because the
original
picture size
is almost
twice the
size of the
current
picture. The picture was rescaled
upon inserting into the
document. In the gure below
you can see the image in its full
scale:
–

Method 1:
One method for overcomming
this would be to follow the
algorithm below:

1. Scale the image back to its

original size
2. Get the image height
3. Scale the image back to its
initial size
4. Scale the image with a ratio

The code below does this:

Sub Example1()
Dim lngPercent2Scale As Long
Dim lngOriginalHeight As Long
Dim lngScaledHeight As Long

'percent to resize
lngPercent2Scale = 70
'the height of the scaled
image
lngScaledHeight =
InlineShapes.Item(1).Height
'rescale to original size
InlineShapes Item(1) ScaleHeig
InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht = 100
'the size of the original
image
lngOriginalHeight =
InlineShapes.Item(1).Height
'rescale image
InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht = _
lngScaledHeight /
lngOriginalHeight * 100
'resize
InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht _
= lngPercent2Scale *
lngScaledHeight /
lngOriginalHeight
End Sub

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The line below gets the picture

height:

lngScaledHeight =
InlineShapes.Item(1).Height

The code below resizes the

picture to its original size and
gets the height of the original
picture:

InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht = 100
'the size of the original
image
lngOriginalHeight =
InlineShapes.Item(1).Height

The line below resizes the image

back to the initial height:

InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht = _
lngScaledHeight /
lngOriginalHeight * 100

The line resizes the image

InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht _
= lngPercent2Scale *
lngScaledHeight /
lngOriginalHeight
Note: There is one problem with
this method. It is the fact that the
image is actually resized to its
original size to gets its original
height . This resizing might mess
up your word document. A better
method would be to copy the
picture to a new document and
rescale it there. This is explained
in the next section.

Method 2:
In this method the following
algorithm is used:

1. Automate a new word

document
2. Copy the picture to the new
document
3. Scale the image back to its
original size
4. Get the image height
5. Close the extra word document
6. Scale the image with a ratio

The code below does this:

 Sub
Example2()
Dim objDocument As Document
Dim lngPercent2Scale As Long
Dim lngOriginalHeight As Long
Dim lngScaledHeight As Long

'percent to resize
lngPercent2Scale = 70
Set objDocument =
Documents.Add
InlineShapes.Item(1).Select
Selection.Copy
objDocument.Activate
Selection.Paste
'the height of the scaled
image
lngScaledHeight = _
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.It
em(1).Height
'rescale to original size
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.It
em(1).ScaleHeight = _
100
'the size of the original
image
l O i i lH i ht
lngOriginalHeight = _
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.It
em(1).Height
'close document
objDocument.Close (False)
ThisDocument.Activate
'resize
InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleHeig
ht _
= lngPercent2Scale *
lngScaledHeight /
lngOriginalHeight
End Sub

The code below automates a new

word document, copies the image
and pastes it in the new
document:

Set objDocument =
Documents.Add
InlineShapes.Item(1).Select
Selection.Copy
objDocument.Activate
Selection.Paste

The rest of the code is similar to

the previous section.
Before:

After:
–

LockAspectRatio:
By default pictures have their
LockAspectRatio set to True. This
will result in the width resizing
when you scale the height and
vice versa. This can be changed
by using the code below:

InlineShapes.Item(1).LockAspec
tRatio = msoFalse

Resize Picture
Width:
This can be done using the code
below:

Sub Example3()
Dim objDocument As Document
Dim lngPercent2Scale As Long
Dim lngOriginalWidth As Long
Dim lngScaledWidth As Long

InlineShapes.Item(1).LockAspec
tRatio = msoFalse
'percent to resize
lngPercent2Scale = 70
Set objDocument =
Documents.Add
InlineShapes.Item(1).Select
Selection.Copy
objDocument.Activate
Selection.Paste
'the height of the scaled
image
lngScaledWidth = _
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.It
em(1).Width
'rescale to original size
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.It
em(1).ScaleWidth = _
100
'the size of the original
image
lngOriginalWidth = _
ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.It
em(1).Width
'close document
objDocument.Close (False)
ThisDocument.Activate
'resize
InlineShapes.Item(1).ScaleWidt
h _
= lngPercent2Scale *
lngScaledWidth /
lngOriginalWidth
End Sub

The highlighted text sets the

LockAspectRatio to false. This
will prevent the picture height
from resizing when the width is
resized. The rest of the code is
pretty much the same as the
previous section.

You can download the le and

code related to this article from
the link below:

Resize Pictures.docm

See also:

Word VBA, Picture Format

CropBottom, CropLeft, CropRight
and CropTop
Word VBA, Shape Index
Word VBA, Loop Through
Images

If you need assistance with your code,

or you are looking for a VBA
programmer to hire feel free to contact
me. Also please visit my website
www.software-solutions-online.com
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