Reducing Photo File Size

I have many photos in my library that are in excess of 1.5MB. I would like to reduce the size of some of these photos for emailing. I realize I can choose the file size I want when using Entourage, but if I want to attach several photos, can I reduce each picture's file size without destroying the original?
Thanks,
kayjh
20" iMac iSight Mac OS X (10.0.x) 1.5GB Ram, 500GB HDD | 60GB Video iPod
20" iMac iSight Mac OS X (10.0.x) 1.5GB Ram, 500GB HDD | 60GB Video iPod

Hi kayjh,
Do you have Entourage set up as your default Mail program within iPhoto's Preferences? If you do, then command click to select each image within iPhoto,
hit the email icon in the bottom tool bar and choose the size in the next window. Hopefully Entourage should open up with the resized images attached to the email message. I know this works with Mail.app. I am not sure how it works with Entourage.
Lori

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