Linked graphics into a Publisher 2000 document

[Richard]

I have a 400KB document (withgout graphics). I insert two
JPEG images each around 200KB into the document. I figure
the resulting document should be around 700KB. Result? An
11MB file.

I delete the images (document is now 400KB) and instead
insert the images using the "Link to File" option.
Graphics Manager confirms that the images are linbked into
the file. The size should not be more than 500KB. Result?
An 11MB file.

Question is how can I insert images into a Publisher 2000
documentr without the file blowing up? And why does it
blow up?

Regards,

Richard.

 

[Perdita X. Nitt]

I have a 400KB document (withgout graphics). I insert two
JPEG images each around 200KB into the document. I figure
the resulting document should be around 700KB. Result? An
11MB file.

I delete the images (document is now 400KB) and instead
insert the images using the "Link to File" option.
Graphics Manager confirms that the images are linbked into
the file. The size should not be more than 500KB. Result?
An 11MB file.

Question is how can I insert images into a Publisher 2000
documentr without the file blowing up? And why does it
blow up?

Regards,

Richard.

This is an FAQ really - the simple answer is that you can't. For a more
detailed explanation, see www.mvps.org/publisher/faq.html then 'Pictures,
Objects and Imaging'. Then "Why are my pictures inserted at the wrong size?"
The best solution is to upgrade to 2002 or 2003 (yet to be released) - 2003
completely eliminates this problem.

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[Richard]

Thanks Perdita - rather disheartening!

-----Original Message-----


This is an FAQ really - the simple answer is that you can't. For a more
detailed explanation, see www.mvps.org/publisher/faq.html then 'Pictures,
Objects and Imaging'. Then "Why are my pictures inserted at the wrong size?"
The best solution is to upgrade to 2002 or 2003 (yet to be released) - 2003
completely eliminates this problem.

--
Perdita X. Dream

Please help us to help you
http://groups.google.com
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Please note that the reply address is fake.
Keep all posts to the groups as private requests for assistance
(i.e. email/IM) cannot be acknowledged. Thank you.




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[Richard]

Thanks Ed.

-----Original Message-----
After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

This is as expected. Publisher 2000 and below store their images as
uncompressed bitmaps - and any images that are inserted pre-compressed are
automatically decompressed and stored as bitmaps. As there is a lot of
compression in JPG files, the filesize will increase dramatically when using
them.

This is as expected. Publisher stores a copy of the linked image in the
file, so it is not lost from the publication if the original is deleted.

You can't.
This improves progressively with Publisher 2002 and 2003 (which keep any
compression already applied to an image, or store it as a compressed PNG -
whichever reduces the filesize furthese)

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