How to Change the Size and Position of an Image in Word

This quick guide will show you how to change the size and position of images in Word with a very easy trick.

You probably already know how to insert images into Word. However, you may have difficulty placing images as you wish if you don't know how to change the size and position of images in Word.

When you add images into Word, either through the menu Insert or in a way Copy-Paste, The image will appear in Word at its original size or paper margin size, and is where you put the cursor. Because the position and size of the image may not necessarily be what you want, You need to change its position and size.

For example, You have a flower image with a resolution of 1200×900 pixels and want to insert it into a Word document. Then, You want the image to be in the bottom right corner of the document.

How to Change Image Size in Word

To change the size of an image in Word, do the following:

1. Click on the picture, then point the pointer exactly at one corner of the image so that the pointer changes shape to ↔ (two-way arrow), let's just say his nameResize Pointer.

2. On positionResize Pointer, click, hold and slowly drag the pointer to the upper left corner until the size of the image changes as needed. Roughly like the example in the following picture

How to Change Image Position in Word

To change the position of an image in Word, do the following:

Right click on the picture, then click Wrap Text, then select InFront of Text or Behind Text.

InFront of Text means the image in front of the text, whereas Behind Text is the picture behind the text. With this, The position of the image does not affect the position of the text around it.

2. After selecting In Front of Text or Behind Text, You can move the image in any direction by clicking and dragging the image to the position you want, without affecting the surrounding text.