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Subject:RE: Word and crashing From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:48:40 -0400
I wouldn't use GIFs. To keep file size down, try using PNG for raster
images and WMF for vector images.
-- Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebecca Hopkins
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 12:45 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- c
> Subject: Re: Word and crashing
>
> Paul,
>
> I don't use Mif2Go, but I've experienced the same crashing
> problem with heavily illustrated Word files. I changed from
> .bmps to .gifs, and haven't had a crash since. Of course,
> that may not work for everybody, as the color count is
> lower on .gifs.
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