Cropping width and height not setting independently

Hi Neil,

Thank you for choosing Microsoft Community, Let me help you with the Word issue you are facing.

First and foremost Height and width Next to crop in Format tab for Picture tools are not for Crop, but to re-size the image.

If you want to set the height and width independent of each other, you may click on the small arrow at the bottom right corner of "Size"  group> Uncheck Lock aspect ratio and set absolute Height and width for the image to resize.

I hope this helped you, if not do get back to us with more details so that we may assist you further.

 Thank you

Hi Samuel,

Thanks for getting back to me. However, I'm not referring to the width and height fields in the Picture Tools Format tab. I'm right-clicking on the graphic itself and selecting Format Picture from the menu. Then I'm selecting Crop in the dialogue box. In this dialogue there are fields for width and height under the heading Crop position. Changing the values in these fields does adjust the crop area, and the values don't seem to be aspect-ratio-constrained - but changing one value does cause a small change in the other, for no apparent reason.

Many thanks,

Neil

But the Format Picture>Crop function is there in Word. It's clearly one way a user can crop images, and it kind-of works: I'm just wondering why there is this apparent glitch with the measurements entered. As it happens, I do sometimes use the crop handles, but it is very hard to crop to exact dimensions thay way.

Thanks,

Neil

I did try playing around with the lock aspect ratio option, but it doesn't appear to have any effect on the behaviour of the Crop dialogue.

For clarity, I've attached a screenshot. The width value is what I entered, but I entered 4 cm in the height box; Word promptly adjusts it to 3.99 cm. If I change it back to 4 cm, the height is automatically changed to 5.49cm. I know these are trifling amounts - I'm just intrigued as to why it happens.