Pasting picture files to Excel - always bitmap even if source jpeg

[Guest]

Whenever I paste ia jpg picture nto Excel (or Word for that matter), I get
only 3 choices (bitmap, metafile (bigger than bitmap), and photoediting
(bigger than both)) .

My question is, is there anyway to paste in a picture to an Excel file, but
keeping it compressed as a jpeg file, this way the excel file size doesn't
grow by leaps and bounds?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Matt:

Since Excel has the ability of editing a picture, the software has to
limit its pictures to those formats that MS has editing tools to work with.
That's why you can't easily set up JPG or GIF pictures as embedded objects.
One option would be to try and set up a link to the picture rather than
sticking it directly into your document. On the insert window, click the
checkbox marked "Link". Unfortunately, wherever you use your document,
you'll have to make sure that the linked picture is nearby (reachable) or the
picture won't show.
You can reduce the size of the bitmap by changing the format of the
picture, say switching from a 24-bit color map to a 16-bit map. You'll loose
some resolution so you'll have to decide if the tradeoff is acceptable. Use
MS Paint, load the picture, and "save as", changing the file type in the
process.

Steve in Ohio

 

[Dave Peterson]

What happens if you save the .jpg file to your harddrive, then Insert|picture
from that file?