Originally Posted May 18, 2008

If you have taken advantage of the free Microsoft Image Resizer software download that I shared in my earlier Tip and want to be able to quickly resize your images, photos, company logos, etc. on your Vista machine here's what you can do.

Be sure you have Microsoft Office installed to use this process:
-In Vista
1. Click the Start button
2. Click Pictures to open your Picture files
3. Find the picture you want to resize
4. Right Click on the picture
5. Select 'Open With'
6. Select 'Microsoft Office Picture Manager'
-Microsoft Office Picture Manager starts
7. Picture > Resize
8. Select the desired size in the 'Predefined width X height' field in the upper right-hand margin
9. Click OK
10. Close Microsoft Office Picture Manager
-You will be prompted to Save the changes
11. Click 'Save'

Note: This will alter the original picture size.  If you want to keep the original in-tact, be sure to File > Save As... before resizing.

Originally Posted May 5 2008

I don't mean to keep repeating the same topic, but if you are using Microsoft Office (that means Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, etc.) your files are saved in a format that is not directly compatible with Microsoft Office version 2003.  This means that if you create a document in Word 2007 and email it to someone using 2003, they won't be able to open it unless they go to Microsoft and install the converter software.

There is an easier way than relying on others to download and install the converter - set your Microsoft Word 2007 to default to 'Save As 2003 version'.

In Microsoft Word 2007
1. Click the Office Button

2. Click Word Options

3. Click 'Save'
4. Select 'Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)
5. Click OK

That's it!

This same process will work for the other Microsoft 2007 software (PowerPoint, Publisher, etc).