Compressing images

[Herbert Eppel]

This is a follow-up to a discussion at
microsoft.public.word.application.errors, which wasn't the right group
for discussing this - thanks, Suzanne, for pointing me in the right
direction

I'm aware that it is better to edit (and resize) graphics before
inserting them into Word docs, but I'm trying offer some advice to a
friend who inserted a number of (apparently large) images into a
document using Word 2000 and ended up with an unmanageably large document.

The useful advice given at
<http://web.archive.org/web/20080116.../itanswers/microsoftoffice/word/filesize.html>
mentions a Compress button, but this appears to have been introduced in
Word 2003 and isn't available in Word 2000.

If the images can't be compressed from within the Word file, is there an
efficient way of temporarily removing them for resizing?

I can't see any Word option similar to the Save As option for saving
images from web pages, for example, and I'm not sure what the best way
would be for saving the images as separate image files.

The problem is that the original files are located 'all over the place'
on my friend's hard drive, and it would be quite difficult to find them
and consolidate them in a single folder for automatic resizing.

Thank you.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[DeanH]

See the following article that may give you some ehlpful tips.
http://www.gmayor.com/extract_images_from_word.htm
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Splendid, thank you.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Mmmmm, I just tried dragging an image to the Desktop (using Word 2003
under XP), and it doesn't seem to work, i.e. I get a 'no entry' symbol
as soon as the cursor reaches the Desktop.

Am I missing something?

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[DeanH]

Glad to be of help.
All the best
DeanH

Splendid, thank you.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[DeanH]

The only time I get this is when the image is floating, change it to
InLineWithText and you should be ok. Cross-fingers.
DeanH

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Thanks, and sorry to ask all these questions, which are probably
regarded as very basic by many/most group members =-O

Anyway, you can probably guess that I don't know how to change the image
to InLineWithText :-[

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[DeanH]

Herbert, we all started somewhere very similar ;-)
[whisper - even the MVPs]

Select the image, right mouse Format Picture, Layout tab, change the
Wrapping style to InLineWithText.
FYI, all the other wrapping styles are generally termed "Floating".

Sometimes you can come across an image that just wont budge, for those I
tend to copy the image into PowerPoint, then let PPT SaveAs to JPG or
whichever format you are using, the use that file as PPT can generally
produce a reduced file size without drastic reduction in quality.

All the best
DeanH

Thanks, and sorry to ask all these questions, which are probably
regarded as very basic by many/most group members =-O

Anyway, you can probably guess that I don't know how to change the image
to InLineWithText :-[

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

The only time I get this is when the image is floating, change it to
InLineWithText and you should be ok. Cross-fingers.
DeanH

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you click on the picture, the Picture toolbar should be displayed.
Click on the dog icon (Text Wrapping) to get a menu of wrapping options,
including In Line With Text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Thanks, and sorry to ask all these questions, which are probably regarded
as very basic by many/most group members =-O

Anyway, you can probably guess that I don't know how to change the image
to InLineWithText :-[

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

The only time I get this is when the image is floating, change it to
InLineWithText and you should be ok. Cross-fingers.
DeanH

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Thank you.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Dean

Thank you for your further reply and for pointing out the picture
formatting options.

The FYI info you mentioned is also interesting/useful.

And thanks for the Powerpoint trick for dealing with images that won't
budge.

Kind regards

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

Herbert, we all started somewhere very similar ;-)
[whisper - even the MVPs]

Select the image, right mouse Format Picture, Layout tab, change the
Wrapping style to InLineWithText.
FYI, all the other wrapping styles are generally termed "Floating".

Sometimes you can come across an image that just wont budge, for those I
tend to copy the image into PowerPoint, then let PPT SaveAs to JPG or
whichever format you are using, the use that file as PPT can generally
produce a reduced file size without drastic reduction in quality.

All the best
DeanH

Thanks, and sorry to ask all these questions, which are probably
regarded as very basic by many/most group members =-O

Anyway, you can probably guess that I don't know how to change the image
to InLineWithText :-[

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

The only time I get this is when the image is floating, change it to
InLineWithText and you should be ok. Cross-fingers.
DeanH

:

Mmmmm, I just tried dragging an image to the Desktop (using Word 2003
under XP), and it doesn't seem to work, i.e. I get a 'no entry' symbol
as soon as the cursor reaches the Desktop.

Am I missing something?

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

On 14.08.2009 08:39 UK Time, Herbert Eppel wrote:
Splendid, thank you.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

On 13.08.2009 13:26 UK Time, DeanH wrote:
See the following article that may give you some ehlpful tips.
http://www.gmayor.com/extract_images_from_word.htm
Hope this helps
DeanH

:

This is a follow-up to a discussion at
microsoft.public.word.application.errors, which wasn't the right
group for discussing this - thanks, Suzanne, for pointing me in the
right direction

I'm aware that it is better to edit (and resize) graphics before
inserting them into Word docs, but I'm trying offer some advice to a
friend who inserted a number of (apparently large) images into a
document using Word 2000 and ended up with an unmanageably large
document.

The useful advice given at
<http://web.archive.org/web/20080116.../itanswers/microsoftoffice/word/filesize.html>
mentions a Compress button, but this appears to have been introduced
in Word 2003 and isn't available in Word 2000.

If the images can't be compressed from within the Word file, is there
an efficient way of temporarily removing them for resizing?

I can't see any Word option similar to the Save As option for saving
images from web pages, for example, and I'm not sure what the best
way would be for saving the images as separate image files.

The problem is that the original files are located 'all over the
place' on my friend's hard drive, and it would be quite difficult to
find them and consolidate them in a single folder for automatic
resizing.

Thank you.

Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk