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699227 2008-08-22 00:16:00 I have a Word 2000 document, which before I added 2 photos was 49.0KB, I added 2 photos, of 2.82MB, and 3.15MB, and got a file of 44.6MB! Can anyone explain and more to the point help me to avoid this? I realise that I could reduce the size of the photo files, but is the wierd 38 odd MB that I am worried about.

brucem
Brucem (8688)
699228 2008-08-22 00:21:00 Have a look at this (support.microsoft.com) - may be what is causing the increased file size bevy121 (117)
699229 2008-08-22 00:26:00 Are the image files in .jpg or another compressed (lossy) format?
Unless you resize the photos & save at minimum compression or save as in a lossless form I believe Word will import and save in the uncompressed format...resulting in the large file size.
Paul Ramon (11806)
699230 2008-08-22 01:18:00 Thanks bevy121, I downloaded the microsoft document, and modified the registry as directed. It worked a treat, the file is now 6.6MB!

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