Hi =?Utf-8?B?VGFtbXk=?=,
The exact behavior varies somewhat, depending on the version of Word involved
(which you unfortunately don't mention), but:
1. When you insert a graphic into Word, Word has to do some "fancy footwork" in
order to store the graphic in the document's binary file format. The result can be
a seriously inflated file size.
2. When you resize, Word usually stores the original file information. So just
resizing won't reduce the Word document file size; if anything, it could increase
it
3. This means
- Any resizing should be done in a graphics program
- You might want to consider linking graphics, without saving them in the
document. This will greatly reduce file size
- You should consider opening the graphic in a graphics program and reducing
the resolution (only available for *jpg). You can often do this by quite an amount
without noticeable degradation of the result in Word.
- Word 2002/2003 do have an option to perform this on jpg files already
imported into a Word document
- You might try a file format other than jpg; gif, for example
I have a text document that I scanned and the file size is 75kb. (I saved it as
a .jpg file.) I inserted it into a Word document like so - Insert > Picture > From
File - Now the file size is over 1000kb. What is happening here? The problem is -
I want to be able to do this often and when the file exceeds 3MB, our network at
work kicks it back. Is there any way of decreasing the size of the file? Even
when I size the object in the document so it’s microscopic, the file size is
still over 1000kb.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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