Reducing image file sizes – Apple Pages '09 User Manual
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Drag the image to position the part you want to show. To move the mask, click the
dotted edge of the mask and drag it.
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When you’re satisfied with the position and size of your image and the mask, do any of
the following to finish:
Double-click the mask or the image.
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Press Return.
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Click outside the image.
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Click Edit Mask.
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To resize or rotate the masked image, drag or Command-drag its selection handles.
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To change the size or position of the mask or the image within it, select the masked
image, and then click Edit Mask.
Repeat the steps above as needed.
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To unmask the image, click Unmask in the toolbar (or choose Format > Unmask).
If you’ve masked a very large image file and you only need to use the smaller version
in your document, you can have Pages keep only the smaller copy of the image,
thus reducing the overall size of your document. See “Reducing Image File Sizes” on
page 142.
Reducing Image File Sizes
If you’ve resized or masked a very large image file, and you want to save the image
file as part of your Pages document (so that you can easily transfer it to another
computer), but you want to keep the document size to a minimum, you can choose to
save only the smaller (cropped or shrunk) version of the image in your document.
Before you reduce the image file size, you must save your document. For details about
how to do this, see “Saving A Document” on page 37.
Here are ways to reduce the size of images:
To reduce the file size of an individual image that you’ve masked or resized to a
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smaller size, select the image and choose Format > Image > Reduce Image File Size.
To reduce the file size of all masked and resized (shrunk) images, select the images,
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and then choose File > Reduce File Size.
Important:
After you’ve reduced the size of masked or shrunk image files, you won’t
be able to restore them to their original size. If you later want to restore their original
size, you must add the original image files to the document again.
Images used in image fills cannot be reduced in this way. Some types of image files
also may not be reducible.
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Chapter 7
Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects