Here are 3 ways to get your document looking the way you want.

Rebecca Johnson is a former freelance contributor to Lifewire and a Microsoft Office Certified Master Instructor who specializes in Microsoft Office products.

Resize an image to shrink it down to fit in a tight spot in a document or to make it larger to fill up more space.

Any type of object can be resized, including images, shapes, SmartArt, WordArt, charts, and text boxes.

Use the mouse or touchpad to select and drag a Sizing handle.

The Sizing handles are located on each corner of the object, as well as on the top, bottom, left, and right borders.

To keep the proportions of the object the same, press and hold the Shift key while you select and drag.

To keep the object centered in its current location, press and hold the Ctrl key while you select and drag.

Resize an object based on an exact size if you need to make two or more images the same size or if images must be a certain size to fit a template or other requirement.

For example, for WordArt, text boxes, or shapes, go to the Shape Format tab.

To resize the object to an exact size, go to the Size group and enter the values you want in the Height and Width boxes.

Or, use the arrows to change the height and width of the object.

To resize the object to an exact proporation, select the dialog box launcher.

In the Height or Width section, use the controls to change the height or width.

The other dimension automatically changes to maintain the ratio.

As with resizing an image, press Shift while you crop to maintain the size ratio.

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