Importing a JPG

[James]

Hi,

I have had 2 instances where a user a has exported a jpg to word & the file
increased quite alot.
The first file was 250k, this increased to 2mb
The second was 500k - This increased to 50MB

I cannot beleive that word would need increase the size of this file so much
to see this jpg.

Any ideas

Thanks

A

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi James,

What version of Word? How was the graphic imported
(Insert=>Picture from File or ???)

If you use File=>Save as and choose 'Word document'
as the file type and a new name does the file size decrease?

In File=>Properties is the preview box checked?

===========Hi,

I have had 2 instances where a user a has exported a jpg to word & the file
increased quite alot.
The first file was 250k, this increased to 2mb
The second was 500k - This increased to 50MB

I cannot beleive that word would need increase the size of this file so much
to see this jpg.

Any ideas

Thanks

A<<

 

[James]

Bob,

Office 97
Customer selecting insert, picture, from file & picking up the jpg from there.
Preview box not checked.
You suggested File, save as & select Word. - This does not work in 97.
Any more suggestions would be appreciated - Thanks

 

[Opinicus]

I have had 2 instances where a user a has exported a jpg
to word & the file
increased quite alot.
The first file was 250k, this increased to 2mb
The second was 500k - This increased to 50MB

I cannot beleive that word would need increase the size of
this file so much
to see this jpg.

Any ideas

These expansions are normal--especially if you're using
RTF--because the visual information in the jpg files are
being encoded in what is essentially text. A better way is
to put a link to the image in the Word document and not the
image itself. An even better way is to save the document in
HTML format...

 

[James]

Thanks for the info - PPT does the same...this will not be pratical in a
presentation
Any more ideas??

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi James,

There are a couple of possibilities.
As mentioned in another post, you may
see the issue if you save in RTF format,
however you may also be running into the
issue here.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;262464&FR=1

Another possibility is that File=>Versions is being
used, or that a document is corrupted.

Check to see if you get the same result in a new, blank document.
Not sure what you're seeing when you say that File=>Save As
and choosing Microsoft Word Document (.doc) does not work.

====
Bob,

Office 97
Customer selecting insert, picture, from file & picking up the jpg from there.
Preview box not checked.
You suggested File, save as & select Word. - This does not work in 97.
Any more suggestions would be appreciated - Thanks ??>>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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