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Difference in hard drive space for same files
Using my old version of Word, I would generate Word docs (.doc) with about 12
scans on a page, saving it used about 60-70 MB of hard drive space each. Using the same file but re-saving it under the new Word 2007 format (.docx), the same page uses only 2 MB. Considering each one of the .jpgs is at least 4-6 MB each, does the new Word 2007 use some super compression technique? I don't want save the new documents under the old system because of hard drive space, but I don't want to risk the new documents as .docx not having all the information.. |
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Difference in hard drive space for same files
Hi Darcy
darcyrmt wrote: Using my old version of Word, I would generate Word docs (.doc) with about 12 scans on a page, saving it used about 60-70 MB of hard drive space each. Using the same file but re-saving it under the new Word 2007 format (.docx), the same page uses only 2 MB. Considering each one of the .jpgs is at least 4-6 MB each, does the new Word 2007 use some super compression technique? I don't want save the new documents under the old system because of hard drive space, but I don't want to risk the new documents as .docx not having all the information.. All I know about the new 2007 file format is that, well, it's entirely different than the old (97€“2003). Yes, it probably is superior, but whether it's _that_ much better ... ;-) OTOH, if your document is comprised entirely by scans €“ it's a good question why you put these into a DOC wrapper in the first place. Wrap it in PDF if you must, or leave it in good resolution TIFFs. I can't see what the DOC format would serve except adding overhead and, ultimately, (more) danger of legacy problems. HTH Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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