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Does copy/past increase document size?
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 |
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Does copy/past increase document size?
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 |
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Does copy/past increase document size?
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 |
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Does copy/past increase document size?
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 |
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Does copy/past increase document size?
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 Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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 |
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Does copy/past increase document size?
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 |
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