Reducing original photo size for msg board posting, etc

Hello,
I've got to think this has been asked/answered in the past, but I'm not finding an answer using Search so far, so please forgive me if this is a re-hash...
Is there an easy way to reduce the original size (both viewed L&W, and also file size itself) of a photo so that it's compliant to post in message boards?
I realize both iPhoto and Mail have features that do such a thing for email very nicely, but I was wondering if there's a way to do something similar using iPhoto or Preview to just "slim down" an original photo file to be more web-posting friendly...
Thanks in advance for any insights!
Cheers, Chris

Terence,
Shack; thanks a million! I knew it was something caveman-simple I was missing.
Appreciate your help!
Cheers, Chris
EDIT: TD, should've hooked you up first with a 10-point "solved"; I thought I could do both Helpful and Solved, but now I don't think I can change it (?). Nuts; sorry about that. Thanks again!

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