Word file size with 39page is 170mb.

[Guest]

My doc file size was 170Mb when I finished editing. Anyway, I finished
transforming it into .pdf through a long difficult process. Surprisingly, the
pdf file size is 1,148kb.
I really want to know why my .doc file size was so huge, and want to know
how MS-word works when user makes image inserted document.

Situation:
1. I inserted image files into the document. But, the total image size was
about 2Mb, and only text size was 167Kb when I saved it as *.doc without
inserting images.
2. automatically save a version on close: unchecked.
3. embed true type font, linguistic data, smart tags: unchecked.
4. fast save: unchecked.
5. track changes on  accept all changes  and, turn track changes off.
6. [Word count]
Pages: 39
Words: 6,752
Characters (no spaces): 33,715
Characters (with spaces): 40,221
Paragraphs: 412
Lines: 854
Non-asian words: 6,663
Include footnotes and endnotes—unchecked
7. The document file’s size is 174,716kb. However, my friend saved it as a
different name(didn’t edit it at all, he just saved) on his computer, then
its size reduced to 100Mb. So, I also saved it as different name, but rather
it became bigger.
8. My environment: Windows Xp pro. Office2003(eng)

I set track changes off, actually, after my file already became big. Then,
was it late? So, didn’t it affect file size?
I thought about another possibility. I’m Korean using Korean version OS. I
began to make my document in English version OS(XP pro), and later I worked
on Korean version OS. Did this change affect file size?

 

[Chuck Davis]

Try opening it, and then do a Save As with a different name.

 

[Guest]

I had a similar problem when using images that are compressed. Such as .jpg
files and the like. They look like they're very small but that is only
because they are compressed. I had to convert them all to a different format
to find out their "true" size and then edit them (basically change the dpi to
a smaller number, change them to using 256 colours rather than all colours).
That way I could track how big the document was likely to get. I used
photoshop to do this and it worked really well. My document got so big that
it wouldn't save on the drive (this was years ago when space was really
limited) and the pictures came up as those red crosses.

Hope this helps.

fiona

 

[Guest]

I had a similar problem; a 92KB file saving to a 264KB .pdf. I reduced the
size of the graphic and I got down to 240KB -- possoibly smaller (I'm working
on it. (JPG still seems to be the smallest; TIF is biggest and GIF in the
middle.)

That said, if look like there are embedded fonts in this doc that I do not
need, like Wingdings2. Perhaps thst is where the bulk is coming from.

I am on a Mac and need specific instructions for unembedding fonts in Word
2004, OS X. Can you help me?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

You may want to also post this in the Word:mac newsgroup
(link below).

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I had a similar problem; a 92KB file saving to a 264KB .pdf. I reduced the
size of the graphic and I got down to 240KB -- possoibly smaller (I'm working
on it. (JPG still seems to be the smallest; TIF is biggest and GIF in the
middle.)

That said, if look like there are embedded fonts in this doc that I do not
need, like Wingdings2. Perhaps thst is where the bulk is coming from.

I am on a Mac and need specific instructions for unembedding fonts in Word
2004, OS X. Can you help me? >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Microsoft Office:Mac newsgroups:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.mac.office.word
or
http://microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups

Microsoft Office:Mac products and updates
http://microsoft.com/mac

 

[Guest]

Thank you, finoa,
your posting is very helpful to understand image file and get some clues
about the problem,
=)

I had a similar problem when using images that are compressed. Such as .jpg
files and the like. They look like they're very small but that is only
because they are compressed. I had to convert them all to a different format
to find out their "true" size and then edit them (basically change the dpi to
a smaller number, change them to using 256 colours rather than all colours).
That way I could track how big the document was likely to get. I used
photoshop to do this and it worked really well. My document got so big that
it wouldn't save on the drive (this was years ago when space was really
limited) and the pictures came up as those red crosses.

Hope this helps.

fiona

My doc file size was 170Mb when I finished editing. Anyway, I finished
transforming it into .pdf through a long difficult process. Surprisingly, the
pdf file size is 1,148kb.
I really want to know why my .doc file size was so huge, and want to know
how MS-word works when user makes image inserted document.

Situation:
1. I inserted image files into the document. But, the total image size was
about 2Mb, and only text size was 167Kb when I saved it as *.doc without
inserting images.
2. automatically save a version on close: unchecked.
3. embed true type font, linguistic data, smart tags: unchecked.
4. fast save: unchecked.
5. track changes on  accept all changes  and, turn track changes off.
6. [Word count]
Pages: 39
Words: 6,752
Characters (no spaces): 33,715
Characters (with spaces): 40,221
Paragraphs: 412
Lines: 854
Non-asian words: 6,663
Include footnotes and endnotes—unchecked
7. The document file’s size is 174,716kb. However, my friend saved it as a
different name(didn’t edit it at all, he just saved) on his computer, then
its size reduced to 100Mb. So, I also saved it as different name, but rather
it became bigger.
8. My environment: Windows Xp pro. Office2003(eng)

I set track changes off, actually, after my file already became big. Then,
was it late? So, didn’t it affect file size?
I thought about another possibility. I’m Korean using Korean version OS. I
began to make my document in English version OS(XP pro), and later I worked
on Korean version OS. Did this change affect file size?