ennerdale Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 How do you adjust an image non-proportionally? In InDesign, you click the second arrow down on the toolbar and the image is surrounded by a brown box. You can use that to adjust the shape of the image without adjusting the frame it sits in. So not only can you crop the image - you can also stretch it or squeeze it non-proportionally. How do you do that in Publisher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 It's not clear from your question whether you are using a Picture Frame or not. The answer is also complicated because it can depend on the Preferences you have set, specifically: Assuming you have left it set to the default of Automatic, then to resize a Placed image non-proportionally, and assuming the image is not in a Picture Frame, click on it, which will show the bounding box. Then hold Shift, grab any corner of the bounding box, and drag. If you have left it as Automatic, and the image is in a Picture Frame, you can click on the image, then simply drag any corner of the frame's bounding box. Sean P 1 -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fde101 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, walt.farrell said: simply drag any corner of the frame's bounding box. This depends on how the frame is configured - scale to max fit and scale to min fit will maintain aspect ratio. Stretch to fit will cause the behavior that you are describing. If it is set to "none" then the image can be scaled manually, separately from the frame. In this case, double-click the frame to select the actual image layer inside the frame, then shift-drag the corner handles, or drag one of the side/top/bottom handles. Dragging the side/top/bottom handles also works if the image is not in a frame. walt.farrell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ennerdale Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Thanks for the helpful answers. I think I've cracked it now. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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