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How to resize pictures to fit cells in Excel?

Normally inserted pictures floats over cells, and most of time one pictures covers a lot of cells. If a worksheet has a large number of pictures, you may want to put each picture into a single cell. But how to deal with it? Actually, there are several tricky ways to help us resize pictures to fit cells' size quickly.

Resize a selected picture to fit a single cell with VB Macro

Resize inserted pictures to fit cells with Kutools for Excel


arrow blue right bubble Resize a selected picture to fit a single cell with VB Macro

We can apply VB macros to resize a selected picture to fit a single cell, but not manually resize a picture's width and height. You can do it with following steps:

Step 1: Insert the pictures in to a worksheet, and select a picture that you will resize it to fit a single cell.

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Step 2: Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

Step 3: Click Insert > Module, and paste the following macro in the Module Window.

VBA: Resize a selected picture to fit a cell.

Public Sub FitPic()
On Error GoTo NOT_SHAPE
Dim PicWtoHRatio As Single
Dim CellWtoHRatio As Single
With Selection
PicWtoHRatio = .Width / .Height
End With
With Selection.TopLeftCell
CellWtoHRatio = .Width / .RowHeight
End With
Select Case PicWtoHRatio / CellWtoHRatio
Case Is > 1
With Selection
.Width = .TopLeftCell.Width
.Height = .Width / PicWtoHRatio
End With
Case Else
With Selection
.Height = .TopLeftCell.RowHeight
.Width = .Height * PicWtoHRatio
End With
End Select
With Selection
.Top = .TopLeftCell.Top
.Left = .TopLeftCell.Left
End With
Exit Sub
NOT_SHAPE:
MsgBox "Select a picture before running this macro."
End Sub

Step 4: Press the F5 key to run this macro.

Step 5: Repeat the steps above to resize other pictures to fit single cell.

Now all inserted pictures are resized and fits into cells. See the following screenshot:

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Note: You can resize only one picture one time. If you select more than one picture one time, a warning dialog box will pop up.


arrow blue right bubble Resize inserted pictures to fit cells with Kutools for Excel

If you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can apply its Import Pictures tool to resize all pictures to fit cells or with fixed height during inserting pictures.

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Step 1: Select the range cells you want to insert pictures and click the Enterprise >Import/Export > Import Pictures. See the following screenshot:

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Step 2: In the Import Pictures dialog box, select the inserting order in the drop-down list, and click Add button to add pictures you need from file or folder, then click Size button. See screenshot:

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Step 3: Check Matching cell size option. Then click Ok > Import to close dialogs. See screenshot:

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Now you can see the pictures are inserted to fit the cells.

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Note: You also can specify the cell height and width in step 3 to resize the pictures.

If you want to know more about this Import Picture feature, please visit here.


Related Article:

How to resize multiple cells to fit pictures above them quickly in Excel?

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La macro posiziona l'immagine "Immagine 2" al centro della cella ("D5"), anche se questa è unita ad altre celle. Spero possa esservi utile

Sub ImpFoto()
Dim hcell As Single ' altezza cella
Dim Lcell As Single ' larghezza cella
Dim hfoto As Single ' altezza foto
Dim Lfoto As Single ' larghezza foto
Dim Rfoto As Single ' rapporto foto h/L

Range("D5").Select

hcell = Selection.Height
Lcell = Selection.Width
hfoto = ActiveSheet.Shapes("Immagine 2").Height
Lfoto = ActiveSheet.Shapes("Immagine 2").Width
Rfoto = hfoto / Lfoto

If hfoto < Lfoto Then
Lfoto = Lcell - 10
hfoto = Lfoto * Rfoto

If hfoto > hcell Then
hfoto = hcell - 3
Lfoto = hfoto / Rfoto
End If

ActiveSheet.Shapes("Immagine 2").Height = hfoto
ActiveSheet.Shapes("Immagine 2").Width = Lfoto
Else
hfoto = hcell - 10
Lfoto = hfoto / Rfoto
ActiveSheet.Shapes("Immagine 2").Height = hfoto
ActiveSheet.Shapes("Immagine 2").Width = Lfoto
End If

Range("D5").Select

With ActiveSheet.Shapes("Immagine 2")
.Top = Selection.Top + (Selection.Height - .Height) / 2
.Left = Selection.Left + (Selection.Width - .Width) / 2
End With
End Sub
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Thank you, it really works!
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Hi, Need this code disabling the lock aspect ratio
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Hi..
perfact solution. But i want that function to work with command button. i need to make a command button to insert and auto resize to cell size. please help.
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Brilliant! Works great! Just what I was looking for! Thank you!
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it works if the cells are not merged. unfortunately, I merged some cells and it fits only in the upper left cell which makes the photo very tiny.
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Hi, I really love this macro that makes images fit cells, it really helped me with some work stuff. But does anyone know how to write this code for applescript? I have to use macs and the apple version of excel, Numbers, only uses applescript. Help! Many thanks, Harry
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Thanks it did work but I have about 500 pictures so I don't want to do them one at a time - how do I do them all at the same time please?
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Works!! But i have one question, i want to fit a img in a range of cells merged, how can i do it?
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Public Sub FitPic()
'https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/1060-excel-resize-picture-to-fit-cell.html
'Slight modification to resize into merged cells
On Error GoTo NOT_SHAPE
Dim PicWtoHRatio As Single
Dim CellWtoHRatio As Single
With Selection
PicWtoHRatio = .Width / .Height
End With
With Selection.TopLeftCell
CellWtoHRatio = .MergeArea.Width / .MergeArea.Height
End With
Select Case PicWtoHRatio / CellWtoHRatio
Case Is > 1
With Selection
.Width = .TopLeftCell.MergeArea.Width
.Height = .Width / PicWtoHRatio
End With
Case Else
With Selection
.Height = .TopLeftCell.MergeArea.Height
.Width = .Height * PicWtoHRatio
End With
End Select
With Selection
.Top = .TopLeftCell.MergeArea.Top
.Left = .TopLeftCell.MergeArea.Left
.Placement = xlMoveAndSize
End With
Exit Sub
NOT_SHAPE:
MsgBox "Select a picture before running this macro."
End Sub
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[quote]Works!! But i have one question, i want to fit a img in a range of cells merged, how can i do it?By Marcelo[/quote] Marcelo did you get the updated marco for the merged cell? I am trying to do the same thing. thanks
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I tried this macro last night and it adjust only the height. The width it doesn't incorrectly. Any Help please?
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Thank you this was perfect!!
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