Problem of resizing images on Microsoft Word for Mac

Anonymous
2022-02-09T23:41:25+00:00

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.

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Anonymous
2022-07-09T17:48:22+00:00

Same issue. ver. 16.62 MS Office for Mac. No dynamic visuals while dragging image/object handles, inserting simple shape objects would start out HUGE (96 inches), re-sizing existing images by click-dragging handles jumped the size up as well. No dynamic visual when moving objects/images. Quitting Grammarly Desktop solved the issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-04T23:27:59+00:00

    Hi Stacey

    I use a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019) and Microsoft Word, the newest version, as I deleted the app and just reinstalled it but the issue hasn't been fixed. Is there anything you can suggest?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-22T06:58:42+00:00

    Hi ___Ali__

    Thank you for coming back to forum. We also appreciate that you spent your precious time doing those tests.

    If the issue can disappear in safe mode, which means that some third party add-in caused this issue. Please disable the add-in one by one to check which add-in caused this problem, then uninstall it to see the result.

    Meanwhile, since the op's problem was solved, and the suggestion we provided for op is not suit in your situation well, in order to make sure you get the professional and accurate help for your specific situation, we kindly require you post a new thread in our community. We will assign a professional engineer to help you .

    Appreciate your patience and understanding.

    Regards,

    Stacey

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-21T17:56:22+00:00

    Hi Stacy,

    Thanks for your response. As for cropping images manually with entering the height and width of images, it is not really a practical way to crop. I tested cropping in safe mode and it worked fine but it goes without saying that it does not solve the issue since no one starts their PCs in safemode every time. My office version as I mentioned is 16.58 which is the latest version available. All in all the problem still persists.

    Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-12T21:10:45+00:00

    Hi Doug! Thanks for your reply.

    Although I do appreciate this function Word as an alternative way to resize images in my documents, it is pretty inconvenient as I don't know the exact size of the images I need in figures! I usually resize the images to fit other texts and images - so dragging from the corner of the images used to be a way more convenient way for me to resize (or crop) images. Unfortunately, it still doesn't work properly on my laptop.

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