Word 2003 so-o-o-o-o slo-o-o-o-ow

[Lauren]

I've had graphics issues before on client systems and people on this forum
seem to wince at my crappy workarounds.  Usually, I am not given any
graphics manipulation tools to work with other than Paint, so I don't have
many options to reduce file size, but I do try to resize graphics in Paint
when the option is available.

I don't know, nor do I care, about the correct terminology for discussing
graphics in Word, but Word has options to display graphics as bitmaps,
postscript, and other formats.  My primary workaround to get a graphic to
work is to cut the graphic in Word and paste (Paste Special) it with a
format that has a lower file size but still looks right on the screen and
prints right.  I play with cut-and-paste until I find the best option and
then write a macro to do the process when I have multiple graphics.  It
makes Word happy and less whiney and I can get on with my work without
wasting a lot of time with graphics manipulation.

Lauren

> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco.net at lists.techwr-l.com 
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco.net at lists.techwr-l.com
> ] On Behalf Of McLauchlan, Kevin
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:06 AM
> To: Gene Kim-Eng; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> Subject: RE: Word 2003 so-o-o-o-o slo-o-o-o-ow
> 
> Well, I got to Barbara's suggestion before yours, so I did essentially
> the same thing by deleting the graphic elements one-at-a-time to see
> what happened.
> 
> Naturally, it is the company-supplied page-background graphic that is
> the culprit.