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| Thread ID: 58554 | 2005-06-04 01:00:00 | MS Word with inserted Pics becomes HUGE | sookie_72 (8256) | Press F1 |
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| 361099 | 2005-06-04 01:00:00 | When making up a Word document the file size becomes huge after inserting only 1 (little) picture. Problem is that the finished document will be 40 odd pages with 2 or 3 pics/page. End result is Word doc of 23 MB. Example 10 kB doc with 15 kB (compressed) picture = resulting doc size 485 kB?! This is an a PC running Office 2000 Pro and XP Pro. The exact same process on home PC Office 2003 Pro and XP Pro results in a file size of 35 kB. Are there any bright sparks out there that have a fix for this problem? Sookie |
sookie_72 (8256) | ||
| 361100 | 2005-06-04 01:20:00 | sookie_72 I don't know why you have the problem you do. I am using Office 2000 Pro on XP Pro. I just saved a one word document in Word = 19 kb. Then I inserted a 31 kb jpeg file and saved it. The file size then became 51 kb. Hopefully someone can come up with an explanation. Oxie (Lyn) |
Oxie (1318) | ||
| 361101 | 2005-06-04 02:37:00 | sookie_72 I don't know why you have the problem you do. I am using Office 2000 Pro on XP Pro. I just saved a one word document in Word = 19 kb. Then I inserted a 31 kb jpeg file and saved it. The file size then became 51 kb. Hopefully someone can come up with an explanation. Oxie (Lyn) To make matter a tad more confusing this does not happen all the time nor does it happen to everybody at work. :confused: Sookie |
sookie_72 (8256) | ||
| 361102 | 2005-06-04 03:04:00 | I had a suspicion that we had had this question before . . . we did . In June 2003 . ;) According to "Jen C" (Jen the mod?) there are two ways to include a picture in Word . The correct way: "Insert>Picture" doesn't cause this problem . However, "Copy & Paste" converts the picture to a BMP , which can become very large . Use the "Search" tool, Advanced Search, Search Titles Only, and "Copy & Paste yet again" (without the quotes) as the string . Poppa John's thread is the one . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 361103 | 2005-06-04 03:29:00 | Hi Guys. However, "Copy & Paste" converts the picture to a BMP , which can become very large. I use Word 2003 on XP Pro. This statement is not true when I copy a graphic from one document and paste in to another. The pic remains a .jpg and stays the same size. ;) | Scouse (83) | ||
| 361104 | 2005-06-04 03:34:00 | And the questioner doesn't get the problem with Office 2003 Word either. ;) However, it is happening with Office 2000 Word. Maybe MS made some changes to Word between the versions. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 361105 | 2005-06-04 04:03:00 | Heres the results of using a blank Word doc created using Word 2003 and inserting a picture using various methods . The size is the size of the file as is, not on disk . Blank Word doc = 24,064 bytes JPG picture = 68,718 bytes 1 . Using Insert|Picture|From File = 89,600 bytes (surprisingly less than the total of doc + jpg which is 92,782) . Is WinXp telling the truth? 2 . Opened jpg using Paint and copied and pasted = 584,704 bytes . 3 . Used copy then paste special and both Windows Metafile and Device Independant Bitmap both returned the same . . . 584,704 bytes 4 . Used Insert|Object|Create From File with the Link To File option checked . The size was a whopping 3,854,848 bytes . This surprised me as linking is supposed to have a low overhead as the source is required to be held together with the linked doc . The picture was however much larger when inserted this way taking up nearly the whole page . For smaller file sizes use the Insert|Picture option . Be warned that inserting then deleting data does not always result in the size being reduced by the proper amount as MSOffice products often do not clean up after themselves very well . If the file gets too large after a few deletions its better to start afresh . Btw, seems a lot of pics to be inserting into Word . hth |
Parry (5696) | ||
| 361106 | 2005-06-04 04:08:00 | We can't have this sort of behaviour Parry. :angry Using the experimental method and presenting facts. :eek: Obviously, the "Insert|Object|Create from File" method is provided for use when creating email. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 361107 | 2005-06-04 04:13:00 | We can't have this sort of behaviour Parry. :angry Using the experimental method and presenting facts. :eek: Obviously, the "Insert|Object|Create from File" method is provided for use when creating email. ;) How do facts come to be? Through experimentation of course. At no stage did I ever use the word fact. I merely provided my findings - take what you like out of it. Insert object is not for email! Be careful not to drop those chips off your shoulder when you get down from your high horse. :-D |
Parry (5696) | ||
| 361108 | 2005-06-04 08:02:00 | Just a quick note (I'm not sure if it's still relevant...) but a good trick to shrink MS docs containing images in size is to compress the pictures. There may be some minor loss in image quality but, especially with large digital camera images, the loss is unlikely to be noticeable (i.e. a 7MP image printed in full-page A4 is still at close to 2x the DPI needed for print-quality images - and up to 6x the DPI needed for screen viewing). Import the image natively (as described - click 'Insert'-'Picture'-'From file'; rather than copy and paste) and then right click the image, select 'Format Picture...' and then the 'Compress...' button from the resulting dialogue box. You can compress the image to varying DPI levels and choose to compress all image in the doc for convenience. | joe_exception (2874) | ||
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