[Jeff]

I know that copy and pasting images into a PowerPoint presentation increases
the size of the resulting file. Is that also true in Word?

Jeff

[CyberTaz]

Any time you add any content to any file it will increase the size of that
file... there must be something more to your question.

BTW - pasting images into a Word doc is one of the best ways to degrade the
image quality & create other problems - learn to use InsertPictureFrom
File

--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I know that copy and pasting images into a PowerPoint presentation
increases the size of the resulting file. Is that also true in Word?

Jeff

[Jeff]

I phrased it badly. I meant: In PowerPoint cut and paste creates much
larger files than if I use Insert / file, etc. I was wondering if it was
the same in Word.

Jeff

CyberTaz wrote:
Any time you add any content to any file it will increase the size of
that file... there must be something more to your question.

BTW - pasting images into a Word doc is one of the best ways to
degrade the image quality & create other problems - learn to use
InsertPictureFrom File


"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I know that copy and pasting images into a PowerPoint presentation
increases the size of the resulting file. Is that also true in Word?

Jeff

[CyberTaz]

That seems a little more meaty :0)

Copy/Cut & Paste of graphics certainly can cause unnecessary bloat because
the recipient program has to create its own version of the content being
pasted - what starts out as a simple GIF or JPEG gets plumped up as a hefty
EMF... Not to mention any number of other potential problems - especially if
the file gets moved cross-platform.

IMHO, Insert is not only preferable but also offers the option to Link
rather than Embed, which cuts down on file size even more.

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/25/06 8:32 PM, in article , "Jeff"
wrote:

I phrased it badly. I meant: In PowerPoint cut and paste creates much
larger files than if I use Insert / file, etc. I was wondering if it was
the same in Word.

Jeff

CyberTaz wrote:
Any time you add any content to any file it will increase the size of
that file... there must be something more to your question.

BTW - pasting images into a Word doc is one of the best ways to
degrade the image quality & create other problems - learn to use
InsertPictureFrom File


"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I know that copy and pasting images into a PowerPoint presentation
increases the size of the resulting file. Is that also true in Word?

Jeff

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although I do usually link graphics when possible, especially when the
graphic is a logo in a letterhead (which would result in every single letter
being unnecessarily bulked up), there are two disadvantages to this
practice:

1. If you want to send the document to someone, you need to unlink (embed)
the graphic or the recipient won't be able to see it.

2. If you move the document, Word's nasty habit of converting absolute links
to relative (except of course when you want them relative, in which case it
insists on absolute) may well result in the dreaded red X, requiring you to
reinsert the graphic from its original location; that one bit me just the
other day.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"CyberTaz" wrote in message
.. .
That seems a little more meaty :0)

Copy/Cut & Paste of graphics certainly can cause unnecessary bloat because
the recipient program has to create its own version of the content being
pasted - what starts out as a simple GIF or JPEG gets plumped up as a
hefty
EMF... Not to mention any number of other potential problems - especially
if
the file gets moved cross-platform.

IMHO, Insert is not only preferable but also offers the option to Link
rather than Embed, which cuts down on file size even more.

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/25/06 8:32 PM, in article ,
"Jeff"
wrote:

I phrased it badly. I meant: In PowerPoint cut and paste creates much
larger files than if I use Insert / file, etc. I was wondering if it
was
the same in Word.

Jeff

CyberTaz wrote:
Any time you add any content to any file it will increase the size of
that file... there must be something more to your question.

BTW - pasting images into a Word doc is one of the best ways to
degrade the image quality & create other problems - learn to use
InsertPictureFrom File


"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I know that copy and pasting images into a PowerPoint presentation
increases the size of the resulting file. Is that also true in Word?

Jeff

[Jeff]

It's really great having you experts willing to help the rest of us.

Thank you for all the information.

Jeff

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Although I do usually link graphics when possible, especially when the
graphic is a logo in a letterhead (which would result in every single
letter being unnecessarily bulked up), there are two disadvantages to
this practice:

1. If you want to send the document to someone, you need to unlink
(embed) the graphic or the recipient won't be able to see it.

2. If you move the document, Word's nasty habit of converting
absolute links to relative (except of course when you want them
relative, in which case it insists on absolute) may well result in
the dreaded red X, requiring you to reinsert the graphic from its
original location; that one bit me just the other day.


"CyberTaz" wrote in message
.. .
That seems a little more meaty :0)

Copy/Cut & Paste of graphics certainly can cause unnecessary bloat
because the recipient program has to create its own version of the
content being pasted - what starts out as a simple GIF or JPEG gets
plumped up as a hefty EMF... Not to mention any number of other
potential problems - especially if the file gets moved
cross-platform.

IMHO, Insert is not only preferable but also offers the option to
Link rather than Embed, which cuts down on file size even more.

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/25/06 8:32 PM, in article
, "Jeff" wrote:

I phrased it badly. I meant: In PowerPoint cut and paste creates
much larger files than if I use Insert / file, etc. I was
wondering if it was the same in Word.

Jeff

CyberTaz wrote:
Any time you add any content to any file it will increase the size
of that file... there must be something more to your question.

BTW - pasting images into a Word doc is one of the best ways to
degrade the image quality & create other problems - learn to use
InsertPictureFrom File


"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I know that copy and pasting images into a PowerPoint presentation
increases the size of the resulting file. Is that also true in
Word?

Jeff