I have a need to distribute my bio to a diverse group - some on dialup.

It's a one page document - 12k in size. When I insert my photo (145k), the
resulting document "balloons" to over 3 meg!

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better way?

Thanks for your help.

Word 2000 running on XP Home

What format is your photo? Word works best with JPEG, GIF, PNG and other
compressed formats. Also always using Insert, Pictu avoid copying and
pasting a picture into Word.

Finally, Make sure that Under Tools, Options, Save tab that FastSaves is
unchecked (CLEAR).

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Bob Greene" wrote in message
...
:I have a need to distribute my bio to a diverse group - some on dialup.
:
: It's a one page document - 12k in size. When I insert my photo (145k), the
: resulting document "balloons" to over 3 meg!
:
: Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better way?
:
: Thanks for your help.
:
: Word 2000 running on XP Home
:
:

The photo was a jpg - and I believe I did a cut & paste.... Perhaps cut &
paste uncompressed the jpg?

Anyway, thanks for the reply - I'll try the insert technique and let you
know......

"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
...
What format is your photo? Word works best with JPEG, GIF, PNG and other
compressed formats. Also always using Insert, Pictu avoid copying and
pasting a picture into Word.

Finally, Make sure that Under Tools, Options, Save tab that FastSaves is
unchecked (CLEAR).

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Bob Greene" wrote in message
...
:I have a need to distribute my bio to a diverse group - some on dialup.
:
: It's a one page document - 12k in size. When I insert my photo (145k),
the
: resulting document "balloons" to over 3 meg!
:
: Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better way?
:
: Thanks for your help.
:
: Word 2000 running on XP Home
:
: