- You can add a profile picture to Outlook to make sure that people know who you are when they look at your profile.
- Depending on what version of Outlook you have, you can add a profile picture from within Outlook, or through the Microsoft 365 website.
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In the signature editor in Outlook, position the cursor where you want to insert the picture in your email signature. Click the Insert Picture button and provide the full URL of the image hosted online. Select the Link to File option from drop-down menu next to the Insert button. Attach a file or picture from your computer in Outlook.com Reply, Forward or create a new email message or calendar event. Select Attach then Browse this computer. Choose the file you want to attach and select Open.
Outlook, like all of the programs in Microsoft Office's productivity suite, can display a photo on your user profile. This one profile picture will appear in every Office program that displays your profile.
By default, it simply shows your initials, but you can change it to display any photo you like.
Note, however, that this only applies to Outlook on Windows computers. The Mac version of Outlook doesn't show your profile picture anywhere, and doesn't let you change it.
Here's how to add a profile picture to Microsoft Outlook.
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How to add a profile picture to Outlook
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1. Open Outlook and sign in, and then click 'File' and then 'Office Account.' You should see your profile photo under 'User Information' on the left side of the window.
© Dave Johnson/Business Insider You can see your user profile picture on the 'Account' page. Dave Johnson/Business Insider2. If you see a link labeled 'Change' under the photo, click it and then follow the instructions to add or change the photo. That's it – you're done.

3. If there isn't a link there, then click 'Manage Account' on the right side of the window. This will open the Microsoft 365 website in a browser. You may need to sign in again.
4. Click your current profile picture at the top-right of the web page. You should see a larger version of it pop out.
© Dave Johnson/Business Insider Click your profile picture on the Microsoft 365 website to edit the image. Dave Johnson/Business Insider5. Move your mouse over the profile image. You should see a camera icon appear. Click the image.
6. Follow the instructions to change the picture and save your changes.
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Microsoft Outlook provides various features to make the best of our email messages. One of them is the ability to add images to your email messages. You can add an image file as an attachment or paste/insert it in the mail body itself. Both ways have their pros and cons.
Insertion of the image in the mail body makes it easier to view the image directly. Mail body and the image can be viewed simultaneously on the same screen for better understanding. This is preferred when you are explaining a scenario along with a screenshot or example in images. For an image added as attachment, you need to open or preview it in another window. The image can’t be viewed directly but has to be opened, saved, or downloaded first. This method is suitable when you have multiple images as attachments, or the recipients need the image files before using them.
No matter the two methods you are using to send your email, you may need to resize your image. For an inserted image, you may need to crop it to remove unwanted information or resize the image to better fit with the email contents. For an image attachment, resizing can help reduce the image size and thereby allow you to send more image files in a single email.
Well, there are multiple ways to resize images in Outlook email.
We’ll discuss each of the above methods in a more detailed manner.
Note: Some organizations and email service providers like Gmail, Yahoo, and Exchange restrict mailing large files through their email system. Typically, while sending a large image file as an attachment, users often encounter alert saying, “Your file is too large to send.” This situation can be handled by resizing the image file in Outlook mail.

Insert and Resize Images in the Body of an Email Message:
To insert and resize an image file inside the body of an email message, follow the steps given below:
- Insert image:
Inside the body of your email message, click on the desired location where you want to insert an image. Click on the Insert option from the menu bar and then choose Pictures from the Illustrations group.
Browse for the folder containing the image file and then click on the Insert button. - Resize an image:
To resize, click or tap on the image to display circular sizing handles located at each corner of the image.
Note: Resizing also changes the apparent size of the image file, i.e., how much of the screen it will take when received by the destination user. Click one of the sizing handles and drag it towards the center to reduce the size of the image or away from the center to enhance the size of the image. Here, you must know that there are additional sizing handles at the bottom of each side of the image. Making changes with sizing handles at the bottom will distort the image. If you are concerned about the image proportions, only use the sizing handles located at the corners. - Resize an image to exact dimensions:
Select the image > Click on the Format tab from the Menu bar and go to the Size group. Enter the required dimensions for your image.
Note: If you want to alter the height and width separately, uncheck the ‘Lock aspect ratio’ checkbox and enter the required height and width independently. - Compress images to reduce the file size:
Compressing an image reduces the file size. Though, it maintains the height and width of the image but degrades its resolution. Images with lower resolution have a smaller file size. Select the image > Click on the Format tab > Click on the Compress Pictures icon from the Adjust group.
Select the options for compression and resolution changes and then click on the OK button.
Note: For images that are not meant to be printed, Web (150 PPI) is the most common resolution.
Attach an Image to Your Email and Resize It
When you attach an image file to your email message, it will show up as an icon under the message subject. The icon will appear as a small preview of the image with name and size attached to it.
If the file size of the attached image is too large to send, you can configure Outlook settings to resize the image as soon as you hit the send button.
To resize an attached image, follow the steps given below:
- Go to File.
- Select Resize large images when I send this message.
- Click on the left arrow at the top left corner to get back to your message.
- Compose your message and hit the Send button. As soon as you hit the Send button, Outlook automatically resizes the attached image.
Kernel Bulk Image Resizer
Though there are many tools available to resize images before using them as attachments but choosing the best one out of all the apparatus requires a real hustle. Therefore, be smart and go for Kernel Bulk Image Resizer. This tool provides a lot more features than any other tool in the market.
With Kernel Bulk Image Resizer, you can:
- Resize your images without causing any distortions.
- Resize multiple images at the same time.
- Specify JPEG quality for the images.
- Flip, rotate, and resize your images.
- Save the images using different formats like JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIF, TIFF, and GIF
Kernel Bulk Image Resizer – How it Works?
- Launch the tool and click on Add Images
- Navigate to the folder containing images > Select the images and click on Open.
- Select an output location.
- Click Next.
- Specify the image settings: Stretch, Flip, and Rotation.
- Click Next.
- Specify Effects, JPEG Quality, Naming Conventions, and Output Format for the images. Click on the Next button.
- Click Finish to complete the resizing operation.
After completion of the above steps, all the resized images are saved to the output location.

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The best and easy way to resize your images is through Kernel Bulk Image Resizer tool. The tool provides a broad approach to resize images based on different formats. Moreover, the tool works uninterruptedly irrespective of the number of images you want to modify.
