Massive files in .pb a problem !!!

[Phil Brighton]

Hi
I am developing a website for a client and he has supplied several .pb files
i.e Newsletters. The problem is the files are massive 10MB!!. I just wondered
how to go about reducing so that when I put them on his website for
downloading it does not take forever to download. I have thought about pdf
still 2.3MB. I have thought about WORD still way too big. And last I thought
about putting into image ie through photoshop then putting into .swf. Has
anybody got a better way at all.

Thanks

 

[Ed Bennett]

I am developing a website for a client and he has supplied several .pb files
i.e Newsletters. The problem is the files are massive 10MB!!. I just wondered
how to go about reducing so that when I put them on his website for
downloading it does not take forever to download. I have thought about pdf
still 2.3MB. I have thought about WORD still way too big. And last I thought
about putting into image ie through photoshop then putting into .swf. Has
anybody got a better way at all.

a) What version of Publisher are you using?

b) Going to Photoshop converts everything to raster images, so then
going to SWF will not reduce the filesize past that of a well-made PDF.

c) Putting .pub files (not .pb files) on websites is not recommended, as
few users have the requisite software to open them.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Hey Phil...
Output the Pub file as a PDF, then open the pdf in Photoshop and convert it
to a .gif. Works ok and the file is not too big either.
That's how I had been doing it with Pub 2000, I haven't tried it yet with
Pub 2003 which can Save As image files...might work better.

Rob


| Hi
| I am developing a website for a client and he has supplied several .pb
files
| i.e Newsletters. The problem is the files are massive 10MB!!. I just
wondered
| how to go about reducing so that when I put them on his website for
| downloading it does not take forever to download. I have thought about pdf
| still 2.3MB. I have thought about WORD still way too big. And last I
thought
| about putting into image ie through photoshop then putting into .swf. Has
| anybody got a better way at all.
|
| Thanks
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| http://www.philbrighton.co.uk