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File size is huge after linking many png files - Word 2003 (build 11.5604.6412)
Hello --
The doc file size was approx 200Kb before I started linking a bunch of screenshots (captured with SnagIt in png format) into it. After linking, the doc size is 53 Mb. The png files total 1.4 Mb in size. I thought linking was supposed to help keep the overall doc file size down. Is png a bad format to use? I have tested: - saving to another file name - repair upon open and neither reduced the doc file size. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to shrink the file size? Thanks in advance for any help. Larry Mehl |
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Hi Larry,
What are the steps you're using? ======== "L Mehl" wrote in message k.net... Hello -- The doc file size was approx 200Kb before I started linking a bunch of screenshots (captured with SnagIt in png format) into it. After linking, the doc size is 53 Mb. The png files total 1.4 Mb in size. I thought linking was supposed to help keep the overall doc file size down. Is png a bad format to use? I have tested: - saving to another file name - repair upon open and neither reduced the doc file size. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to shrink the file size? Thanks in advance for any help. Larry Mehl -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Bob --
Sorry ... The steps a Insert Object Create from File tab Browse select png file Insert Link to file OK right click Format object Size Height - reduce to 4 " OK confirm scale is H- 51%, W - 51% OK Thanks for any help. Larry "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Larry, What are the steps you're using? ======== "L Mehl" wrote in message k.net... Hello -- The doc file size was approx 200Kb before I started linking a bunch of screenshots (captured with SnagIt in png format) into it. After linking, the doc size is 53 Mb. The png files total 1.4 Mb in size. I thought linking was supposed to help keep the overall doc file size down. Is png a bad format to use? I have tested: - saving to another file name - repair upon open and neither reduced the doc file size. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to shrink the file size? Thanks in advance for any help. Larry Mehl -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Okay, you're not inserting a picture, you're inserting an OLE object (which
will be huge). Instead, use Insert | Picture | From File: Link to File. Then use Format | Picture to set the size. -- 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. "L Mehl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi Bob -- Sorry ... The steps a Insert Object Create from File tab Browse select png file Insert Link to file OK right click Format object Size Height - reduce to 4 " OK confirm scale is H- 51%, W - 51% OK Thanks for any help. Larry "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Larry, What are the steps you're using? ======== "L Mehl" wrote in message k.net... Hello -- The doc file size was approx 200Kb before I started linking a bunch of screenshots (captured with SnagIt in png format) into it. After linking, the doc size is 53 Mb. The png files total 1.4 Mb in size. I thought linking was supposed to help keep the overall doc file size down. Is png a bad format to use? I have tested: - saving to another file name - repair upon open and neither reduced the doc file size. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to shrink the file size? Thanks in advance for any help. Larry Mehl -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Thanks Suzanne --
The files will be a lot smaller now. Larry "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Okay, you're not inserting a picture, you're inserting an OLE object (which will be huge). Instead, use Insert | Picture | From File: Link to File. Then use Format | Picture to set the size. -- 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. "L Mehl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi Bob -- Sorry ... The steps a Insert Object Create from File tab Browse select png file Insert Link to file OK right click Format object Size Height - reduce to 4 " OK confirm scale is H- 51%, W - 51% OK Thanks for any help. Larry "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Larry, What are the steps you're using? ======== "L Mehl" wrote in message k.net... Hello -- The doc file size was approx 200Kb before I started linking a bunch of screenshots (captured with SnagIt in png format) into it. After linking, the doc size is 53 Mb. The png files total 1.4 Mb in size. I thought linking was supposed to help keep the overall doc file size down. Is png a bad format to use? I have tested: - saving to another file name - repair upon open and neither reduced the doc file size. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to shrink the file size? Thanks in advance for any help. Larry Mehl -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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