Resize image by percent

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Resize image by percent

It seems that pages will not resize an image to a certain percent of the original size; you have to either eyeball it and drag, or type specific dimensions.

Here's why this is would be useful:
I am a math teacher. I export images from a geometry program and insert them into my text document. (This program makes very large images.) Often the images are related, such as steps in a process. It is critical that the sizes are consistent. To do this with dimensions, I have to open the spreadsheet, enter the dimensions, multiply by the percentages, then type them into Pages. If the images don't fit, repeat the process with a different percentage.

A quick fix might be to accept arithmetic expressions in the dimensions box, such as .4*1.25. (Adobe Illustrator does this.)

Any hope of changing this feature?

MacBook Pro 5.2, 17", Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 4, 2009 2:54 PM

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Answer 1

Walt K

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Mar 4, 2009 7:59 PM in response to susieadd

One way to accomplish your task would be to select all the images and Group them. Then in the Metrics Inspector check Constrain Proportions and either click repeatedly on one of the little down arrows or drag the group by a corner to the desired size. They will all reduce at once.

Walt

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Answer 2

Mar 4, 2009 8:44 PM in response to susieadd

You should create vector (drawing) .pdf files of your images, it sounds like they may be high resolution bitmaps (.tiff, .jpeg, .png. gif etc) and that is why they are so large.

To do this:

+Menu > File > Print > PDF (button bottom left corner) > Save as PDF+

Grouping them and resizing them together will ensure they stay proportional. You can thern ungroup them and rearrange them.

Unfortunately Pages will shrink Text boxes in a group as well but not their content. That you will have change in your text settings. probably good to use styles for the text content and adjust their size through your styles drawer.

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