Import Graphic into Word vastly increases file size

[Phil Newman]

Hi there,

I have a rather large word (2003) document, about 150 pages long,
most
of it is text. It has headers and footers and standard template with
small graphic. the general size of the document is 12Mb, which is
managable.


however, I've imported some graphics, which I think are bitmap files,
rather large, about 3Mb each.


And when this happens and I save the document, the file size
increases
to a whopping 70Mb!! where on earth did that come from!?


and when I remove the graphics, and save under a different name, the
file size decreases to 30Mb!


Can anyone suggest how I can keep my file size down to a manageable
size with imported graphics?


I don't really want to compromise the graphic quality however, but it
might be possible for conversion to say jpeg.


Regards,


Phil

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I have a rather large word (2003) document, about 150 pages long,

Not a Windows issue. You may want to repost to the appropriate group.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.drawing.graphics

 

[PD43]

I don't really want to compromise the graphic quality however, but it
might be possible for conversion to say jpeg.

That would save you a ton.

 

[Richard in AZ]

Wrong news group.
But get Irfanview from www.irfanview.com
Use Irfanview to convert (Save as) from bmp to jpg format.
Then resize the image to the size you want in the Word Document before you insert it.
(resizing images in irfanview change the byte size. Resizing in Word does not.)

 

[PaulMaudib]

Hi there,

I have a rather large word (2003) document, about 150 pages long,
most
of it is text. It has headers and footers and standard template with
small graphic. the general size of the document is 12Mb, which is
managable.


however, I've imported some graphics, which I think are bitmap files,
rather large, about 3Mb each.


And when this happens and I save the document, the file size
increases
to a whopping 70Mb!! where on earth did that come from!?


and when I remove the graphics, and save under a different name, the
file size decreases to 30Mb!


Can anyone suggest how I can keep my file size down to a manageable
size with imported graphics?


I don't really want to compromise the graphic quality however, but it
might be possible for conversion to say jpeg.


Regards,


Phil

Why ask HERE? Do you see WORD in this group's title? NO.

Ask elsewhere