Terry
When you compress the photo it is not saved. The compressed photo must be
saved (save as
and renamed. Now your directory will have two photos, one without
compression and one compressed. You can now see the difference in the sizes.
Ben


"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
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That's what isn't working. Word still stores all the graphic - otherwise
RESET wouldn't work.

Terry

"Ben T" wrote in message
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: Have you tried this:
: 1. Select one picture
: 2. Format Object Picture Compress All pictures in document
Print
: resolution 200 dpi check compress pictures check Delete cropped
areas
of
: pictures OK OK Save as: a new name.
: HTH
: Ben
:
:
: "jrsyangl" wrote in message
: news : I am trying to reduce the size of a Word document(Windows XP Pro,
Office
XP
: Pro, Word 2002,SP3) which includes inserted pictures. However after
going
: through the process of compressing the pictures (Format
: PicturePictureCompress...), the size of the document does not change
at
: all, as if nothing happened. Any help would be appreciated.
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