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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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361119	2005-06-06 03:34:00	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 Finally to end this saga . Using the above advice started from scratch and inserted all the pictures using Insert > Picture > From File . No problems and the final document size has decrease from a huge 23 MB to a (manageable) 4 MB . Document is the way it is because of HSNO Act . Yeah . Compliance is mandatory! :groan: Thanks for the help . Sookie	sookie_72 (8256)
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