Problem of resizing images on Microsoft Word for Mac

Exactly the same issue on my computer and many of my colleagues. For work we produce docx documents that contain screen captures. The issue is reproducible on multiple Macs and multiple versions of Word.

• Paste any image.
• Have Grammarly running
• Click and drag the corner to resize the image using a MacBook Pro trackpad
• The image becomes massive, extending beyond the page width

Resizing by using the width measurement works but it is not a viable option. We do 1000s of times a week and it is a big team of users...

If you stop Grammarly or use a mouse the problem is solved.

Surely this is not that hard to figure out?

Anyone has any fixes?

For me, it was Grammarly Desktop.

Hi Stacey,

Thank you for your reply! Unfortunately, the problem still cannot be solved following your advice.

Here's more information for your reference:

1. The problem happens in almost all Word documents of mine that contain words. It does not happen if it is a blank document with only one image in it and nothing else.
2. My other office applications do not have this issue.

It is very frustrating because the same problem also happens when I try to crop an image on Word. The image suddenly moves around and I can never crop them properly.

When I drag the corner of the images on Microsoft Word to enlarge or reduce the size of them, Word does not function properly and the image just glitches - it turns upside down, becomes super large in an instant when I drag it inwards to reduce its size, etc. This is so frustrating! I have never encountered this problem before until I started to use it on a Macbook instead of a Windows laptop/desktop.

I am having the same issues as Hoi Lam and can feel the frustration too! I am writing a tutorial where I need to add several screenshots and resize them. I like using the cursor for that! I am also using Word on macOS Monterrey. My current word version is 16.57 and I think it is the most updated version. I found this problem very recently.