reducing size of an image in gimp

[Colin Law]

On 24 January 2013 19:05, Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 01/24/2013 12:34 PM, Doug wrote:
>> ...
>> You can't "save" in jpg, you have to export it to anything other than
>> Gimp's
>> own file type.
>>
>> --doug
>>
> You can "save as" to jpg you just have to choose the file type if you don't
> want Gimp's file type as Mark said in step 3 You can also save in a wide
> variety of other formats the same way.
>       Linda

You can't do that any more in the latest version, it is a right pain.
You have to use File > Export.  Also if you open an existing image
file and edit it you can't just save it, you have to select File >
Overwrite.

Colin