Re: Balloning File Size Question

["Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Paul Sparrow-Clarke asked:
> I have an MS Word 2000 question. I have created a 9-page 
> manual. When I added photos to the document, which I pasted 
> into the document as "Picture" (supposedly the format that 
> takes up the least amount of space), the file size of the 
> document ballooned to over 6 megs...
> Any ideas to remedy the problem?

Here's a quick fix: 

1. Save the Word doc as HTML. Word will save the images as a nice set
of JPGs or PNGs (I believe there is an option somewhere to determine
which format to use). 

2. Then, re-insert the new JPGs/PNGs into the Word doc. But first, take
a look at the file sizes - maybe you need to resample the original
images or reshoot them at a lower/smaller quality.

Oh, and delete all the crufty Word-generated HTML. 

Mike O.



		
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