Copy & Paste from Photoshop into e.g. Word locks the image size

JW
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Joakim_Wennergren
Sep 25, 2006
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I’v searched for this problem everywhere! When you copy something to the clipboard in photoshop, ant then paste it into any office program (e.g. Word or Powerpoint) the inserted image gets locked in size and can not be resized!

For now I’m using MsPaint to paste to, then immediatly copy again to remove this meta-data that’s obviously coming along. If I do that I can then paste into Word and resize the image.

Does anyone know how to fix this? I suppose it’s really Word that takes the embedded meta-data about the copied size a bit to seriously, not photoshop, but that doesn’t help me solve the problem…

Any ideas?

/Jocke
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Heather Bell
Sep 25, 2006
Yes, don’t do this. Photoshop files should be saved as a JPG or TIF and the inserted "from file" in word, this is the best quality and best size control for the file. In general, do not copy and paste from any program to another program, that’s my rule anyway, but I’m in printing, I do not know the applications you use your files for.
JJ
John Joslin
Sep 25, 2006
It is not good practice to resize images in Office programs; get them to the right size first.

It is also better to use "Insert" rather than "Paste".

There are many ways to strip metadata if it is bothering you.
JW
Joakim_Wennergren
Sep 25, 2006
Wow! Quick answers! Thank you for that.
But I’m not that interested inquality, I’m interested in speed. When I create something that needs to be printed or sent to customers, I do as you say. That way I get much better control over the quality.

But if I just want a mock-up to sent to colleagues, I’m ususally locked to the Word/Powerpoint format (since "everybody" can use it), and I want to quickly test different images in word to see which describes the current situation best, then quickly send the document away. This is rather hard to do with the method you describe… Or at least time consuming.

Have anyone managed to actually solve this problem?
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Rastamon
Sep 25, 2006
Joakim,
I just tried pasting a graphic into Word and when I click on it, it is able to be resized.

Although I usually "Insert" rather than "Paste", I have found that drawing a text box first will allow the graphic to be moved easily. This may even be the way to achieve what you are after too.

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