Re sizing images proportionally

On my web pages I often show product photos and to keep the look clean I often type in a width for each image and make them all the same. In Golive you could simply tell the other dimension to be proportional. In DW I don't see an option for this. I know I can <shift> drag the size to proportionally size them but I want to be able to simply type in a dimension. If I do type in the width the height stays the same and I would have to do the match (not fun) to figure out the size to type in to make it proportional again.
Am I missing a setting or feature somewhere that allows proportional scaling using the type in box?
Thanks!

Do you have also have Fireworks or Photoshop installed?
If so, with the image selected you will see an Edit option in the Property inspector. Will look like two gears meshed together. Select that and a new window will pop up. In that window click on the File tab and the rest will be self explanatory. It may even be there without FIreworks installed ... not sure.
If that option is not in your Property Inspector than the best way to do it is to do it in your graphic program of choice. I would not very often recommend resizing an image in DW without changing the actual file size.
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