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=Handy Hints.=

Resizing photos with Windows XP
The other way to resize your image is to reduce the size by a percent. You can then see how big the new image is, and adjust accordingly. Keep photos between 25KB to 75KB. 1. Right click on the image and select ‘Edit’. (This should bring up Windows Paint.) 2. On the menu bar at the top, select Image -> Attributes… 3. If the image is a portrait layout, use a width of 640 and a height of 480. If it’s a landscape layout, use a width of 480 and a height of 640. 4. Save the file (you may want to ‘Save As’ to a different file so you don’t overwrite the original.) 1. Right click on the image and select ‘Edit’. (This should bring up Windows Paint.) 2. On the menu bar at the top, select Image -> Stretch/Skew… 3. Change the percentages in the Stretch box for both Vertical and Horizontal. Make them both the same or else the picture will not be proportionate. 4. Save the file (you may want to ‘Save As’ to a different file so you don’t overwrite the original.)
 * Windows Paint** gives you two ways to resize the image: by percent or by dimension. 640×480 is a good size for photographs to post on the web or to e-mail to people, so if you change the dimensions to that, you’re done.
 * How to resize your photograph by exact dimensions**
 * How to resize your photograph by percent**