scaling pictures

I am really disappointed in the lack of a format picture toolbar where I can size a picture that is inserted into an email.  In Office for Windows, it is very easy to do.  I can't believe that Microsoft choose not to have this feature in the Mac version.  This seems like a planted dis-feature to make the Windows product better than the Mac version.  I know I can create emails with pictures in Word and then copy them over, but this seems like a pretty messy solution.  I am always inserting images into emails.  Mostly all of my photos are way to big to send in the email.  Cropping and resizing is very easy to do in the Windows version. I am really upset that I cannot do this simple function on my Mac.