Any imaging program will do this. My personal favorite is Irfanview www.irfanview.com Generally the 1st thing to do is "crop" the image. That's likely all the help I'll be able to provide--for some reason, blindys aren't particularly good visual artists lol. On 5/15/12, Inge Pshebnicki <inga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I belong to a German language forum and I would like to change my avatar. > The photo I want to download is a recent one of myself. When I try to > download it I receive the message that the photo is not the proper size. I > am told to scale the photo down. I have no idea how to do this. Can anyone > help? > Inge > > > > > > -- Blame the computer--why not? It can't defend itself & occasionally might even be the culprit Jackie McBride Ask Me Computer Questions at: www.pcinquirer.com Jaws Scripting training materials: www.screenreaderscripting.com homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net