Word to GIMP pasted image too small

Posted by Marcelo Cantos on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Marcelo Cantos
Published on 2010-11-29T00:30:01Z Indexed on 2012/10/25 11:05 UTC
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I paste an image from Microsoft Word 2010 into GIMP 2.6.10 using Edit ? Paste as ? New Image, but the pasted image is less than half-size (1280×800 down to 553×347). Pasting into an existing blank 1280×800 image makes no difference.

On the other hand, pasting exactly the same clipboard entry into Windows Paint works beautifully, producing a razor-sharp 1280×800 image, and furthermore, pressing Ctrl+C in Paint, then going to Gimp and pressing Shift+Ctrl+V in Gimp produces the correct full-size image in Gimp too.

Why does pasting an image directly from Word to Gimp reduce the image size? How can I make it paste the correct image size without having to go via Paint?

UPDATE: I just noticed that cutting the image from Word and pasting back into the same document also loses definition. Paint must be magical.

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