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  dlk7107 · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 2:56 am

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  I used to be able to resize photos so that I could show 2 photos side-by-side. I can no longer do this. Please help.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 5, 2013 at 3:28 am

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  The instructions for using the WordPress.com internal image editor (including resizing) are here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/image-editing/

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  dlk7107 · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 4:13 am

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  I still cannot resize the images. It worked OK when I was using Internet Explorer 9. I recently upgraded to IE 10. Could that be the cause of the problem?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 5, 2013 at 4:53 am

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  The easiest way to check if the browser is at the root of your problems would be to download Firefox or Chrome and see if the trouble replicates itself.

  You might also try turning on “Compatibility Mode” in IE. I don’t have any specific reason to believe that it might help your issue here, but I have known Compatibility Mode to solve a lot of IE related weirdness. So it’s worth a try if you are dedicated to using IE.

  http://techathlon.com/internet-explorer-10-run-compatibility-mode/

  I myself would just download and use Firefox, as I prefer it to IE.

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  dlk7107 · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 9:57 pm

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  I have a laptop that still has IE9. I was able to scale my pictures with IE9. The problem appears to be IE10. Thanks for your help.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 10:05 pm

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  @monkeybutler

  You might also try turning on “Compatibility Mode” in IE.

  Note: If you are using an IE9 browser in compatibility mode that makes it render as IE7 and IE7 is not supported. To disable see > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html

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  timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 10:08 pm

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  @dlk7107
  Images you re-size after uploading into your WordPress.com blog lose some color and sharpness. If you want better image quality use an image editing application to re-size copies of your images to the specific dimensions required then upload and insert those copies. Preparing and resizing your images prior to uploading means you will also not be compromising image quality, wasting your space for media, and you won’t experience any problems so you won’t end up troubleshooting images.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 5, 2013 at 10:16 pm

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  @timethief

  My suggestion was for him to try IE 10 in compatibility mode. Not IE 9. Since IE 9 worked (and still works) for him, there would be no point to using IE 9 in compatibility mode for this issue.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 10:27 pm

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  Oh dear me, I missed that.