How do I change the size of a document?

[dani21]

How can I change the size of a document so that I can upload it? The maximum
file size for my online school is 8MB and my assignment is apparently much
larger. Does anyone know how to make the document smaller without changing
the content?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Did you try zipping it?

 

[macropod]

Hi dani21,

Without knowing more about your document's contents and structure, it's a bit hard to say. However, if your document has images in
it, you can often reduce the file size by first saving the document as a web page, then replacing the images in your document with
the corresponding ones from the web-page version (after closing & re-opening it).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There's also a button on the Picture toolbar to compress pictures.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Hi dani21,

Without knowing more about your document's contents and structure, it's a
bit hard to say. However, if your document has images in it, you can often
reduce the file size by first saving the document as a web page, then
replacing the images in your document with the corresponding ones from the
web-page version (after closing & re-opening it).

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

How can I change the size of a document so that I can upload it? The
maximum
file size for my online school is 8MB and my assignment is apparently
much
larger. Does anyone know how to make the document smaller without
changing
the content?

 

[CyberTaz]

I'm a bit perplexed by how you might be coming up with a Word doc which
exceeds [or even approaches] 8 MB in the first place

It suggests that you might be simply dumping a great deal of graphic content
in without properly processing it first. Should that be the case even
zipping the file will not compress it all that much - perhaps 20% - so if
the file is 8 MB even the compressed copy will be over 6 MB. That's still
far too large for most email attachments.

If you're simply inserting a lot of high resolution, large format images it
could certainly account for the massive result. If you want to (a) avoid the
problem & (b) retain the output quality of the images they really should be
worked through a good graphics editor, adjusted for resolution based on
intended print size & saved in the appropriate graphics file format before
being Inserted into the doc.

Other than graphics there are causes for bloated files but it's just
guesswork based on no more detail than you've provided - and most of them
don't cause that type of file size unless there's something seriously out of
control within the file.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac