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Why Outlook 2007 pasted images are larger than original?

Why Outlook 2007 pasted images are larger than original?

I have been using Outlook 2007 for over a year with no image problems. Around September 1st, images that I paste into messages are enlarged in the messages.

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Guest [Entry]

If Outlook is using Word as the editor check that you have not inadvertently set zoom to larger than 100%. If you have, it will continue to use that size.
Guest [Entry]

This is due to Text size settings in Windows which affects the DPI at which text is rendered. Don't know why this affects images as well. But right click your image, click size and position and set the image size to 80% and voila! Pixel perfect!
Guest [Entry]

I've had better luck pasting in a high resolution image (say 300pdi) and reducing its size if necessary. Outlook will still lower the resolution (and quality) even if you don't, but the final result is sharper than inserting the image at the resolution/size you want it.
Guest [Entry]

Paul-Sebastian is correct. Change the Windows screen DPI setting. Rigt-click on the screen. Select 'personalize'. Click on 'Display', then select 'smaller 100%' and click on 'Apply'. Log-off windows and log back on. Now image pastes correctly into Outlook.
Guest [Entry]

For me, it was the text format in the email that was making the file size HUGE. Go to the Format Text tab and change the format to HTML, as sending it as Rich Text was causing the problem.