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Figure 78: Crop dialog and options available when cropping a picture
To crop a picture using a dialog:
1) Select the picture.
2) Right-click on the picture and select Crop Picture from the context menu or go to Format
> Crop Picture on the main menu bar to open the Crop dialog (Figure 78).
Crop the picture using the options given in the Crop dialog.
3) Click OK when finished to close the dialog.
4) To revert back to the original size of the picture, click Original Size.
The Crop dialog has the following options:
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Keep scale – maintains the original scale of the graphic when you crop, so that only the
size of the graphic changes.
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Keep image size – maintains the original size of the graphic when you crop, so that only
the scale of the graphic changes. To reduce the scale of the graphic, select this option and
enter negative values in the cropping boxes. To increase the scale of the graphic, enter
positive values in the cropping boxes.
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Left – if the Keep scale option is selected, enter a positive amount to trim the left edge of
the graphic, or a negative amount to add white space to the left of the graphic. If the Keep
image size option is selected, enter a positive amount to increase the horizontal scale of
the graphic, or a negative amount to decrease the horizontal scale of the graphic.
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Right – if the Keep scale option is selected, enter a positive amount to trim the right edge
of the graphic, or a negative amount to add white space to the right of the graphic. If the
Keep image size option is selected, enter a positive amount to increase the horizontal
scale of the graphic, or a negative amount to decrease the horizontal scale of the graphic.
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Top – if the Keep scale option is selected, enter a positive amount to trim the top of the
graphic, or a negative amount to add white space above the graphic. If the Keep image
size option is selected, enter a positive amount to increase the vertical scale of the graphic,
or a negative amount to decrease the vertical scale of the graphic.
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Bottom – if the Keep scale option is selected, enter a positive amount to trim the bottom of
the graphic, or a negative amount to add white space below the graphic. If the Keep image
size option is selected, enter a positive amount to increase the vertical scale of the graphic,
or a negative amount to decrease the vertical scale of the graphic.
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