How can I crop an image that I scan in?

Picasa from Google is a great free photo suite with easy editing. So in your case, scan the image; save it without editing; then install Picasa. It should pick up all the pictures on your computer and then allow you to edit them. Use the Export function to get your new image in to your Word document.

Well, many scanning software comes with this facility and is quite easy to do if you are familiar with the mouse. you can do it in word: i) paste the picture ii) if using office 2007, double click the picture , you 'll see the crop sign in the menu bar, click it and then drag the picture to the size you want.

You can re-size an image in Paint. Go to the menu bar at the top and click Image second option down is Re-size/skew. Select this and change the values in the boxes to say 50% but do the same in the vertical and horizontal box or you will distort the image. To check the size you have click on Image again and select Attributes, in here select inches or Cm and the size of your picture can be seen in the above boxes. This is easier in other photo editing software packages, Paint is a very basic program The reason for your fuzzy image could be that you are not scanning it at a high enough resolution or the picture you are scanning is from a magazine or newspaper which is not of good enough quality to crop down and enlarge.