How to compress your CV photo in Word

When your CV is too big, it’s usually because your pictures are too high resolution. As it’s only a little photo, you need to shrink it. It’s easy; just do the following…

  • Click on the photo
  • Open “picture tools” on the toolbar top of screen
  • Select “compress pictures” on the left, from the “adjust” menu
  • Select in Apply to: “all pictures” and below this in Change Resolution select “web/screen”, make sure both boxes at the bottom are selected.
  • Hit “ok”
  • Hit “apply”
  • Problem solved