Compress Visio 2002 file?

[MJ]

I have an Org Chart in Visio 2002 which includes pictures of the individuals. The pictures are JPEGs. Because of the pictures, the file is very large. Is there a way to compress the file to make it smaller but still allow people to edit the org chart within Visio?

 

[Randall Arnold]

As far as I know, not directly. I've dealt with similar projects and wound
up increasing my ram (eventually to 1 gig) to manage the files. Embedded
images, even compressed ones like JPEGs, demand significant overhead. One
caveat: you *may* get a little reduction by sending your file to a zipped
folder. Some programs (I believe Visio is one) have no problem working from
compressed files or folders. Your program performance, however, will
probably suffer.

Randall Arnold

I have an Org Chart in Visio 2002 which includes pictures of the

individuals. The pictures are JPEGs. Because of the pictures, the file is
very large. Is there a way to compress the file to make it smaller but still
allow people to edit the org chart within Visio?

 

[Al Edlund]

Since JPEG typically only compress about 1% with ZIP, you might consider a
solution that just links to the pictures rather than embedding them.
Al

I have an Org Chart in Visio 2002 which includes pictures of the

individuals. The pictures are JPEGs. Because of the pictures, the file is
very large. Is there a way to compress the file to make it smaller but still
allow people to edit the org chart within Visio?

 

[Randall Arnold]

Good point, Al!

Randall Arnold

Since JPEG typically only compress about 1% with ZIP, you might consider a
solution that just links to the pictures rather than embedding them.
Al

individuals. The pictures are JPEGs. Because of the pictures, the file is
very large. Is there a way to compress the file to make it smaller but still
allow people to edit the org chart within Visio?