New to Photoshop - resizing images

I am trying to resize some images to 700x525. I have changed it in the fixed ratio boxes, cropped it, but when I go to change it in the image size box it will not allow me to have the exact measurements I want. For example, it automatically changes to 700x522. How do I get it to the exact size I want?
Thanks

Ok, say you were to convert an image that was 1000x800 to 700x525 you would go to image size change the width ONLY to 700 then ok that.
Then go to your crop tool and add in your fixed ratio of 700x525 then hit return twice and it will crop the image to that specific size.
If you want to do this an a fairly small number of images it may be worth setting up an action (Recording Actions | Learn Photoshop CC | Adobe TV) to speed things up, but if you are performing this on a lot of images you may want to look at batch processing (Batch Processing | Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS6 | Adobe TV). these two options only work if you are working on images with the same proportions.
I hope this all helps. Thanks.

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