How do you compress imbedded images?

[dcwilkie]

In Word for the PC, you can do 2 things to reduce file size of imbedded
images: 1) you can permanently delete cropping and 2) you can compress
the image. I cannot find either in Word for Mac. Imbedded images have
made my file too large to email, so I need to find a way to compress
the images. Doing so prior to inserting would be a pain and I'd have
to start over.

 

[JosypenkoMJ]

I also have been looking for a way to convert and/or compress Quick
Time images to some format Word considers standard. Quick Time images
will not show on a Mac or PC if Quick Time is not installed.
One cumbersum way to convert and/or compress visible images (not sure
about embedded images) is to save the document as an HTML document.
Each image will be converted and/or compressed to a .giff file. These
files can be copied and replace the images in the original Word
document. I don't why Word doesn't have a button to do this
automatically.
Sometimes Word makes 2 .giff files for an image. The larger file is
probably of higher resolution.N

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

That's correct: Those features are a new feature on Word 2003 that arrived
after the code was ruled off for porting to the Mac.

Copy your images into a graphics program, export them as image files, then
re-insert them in Word.

If you do not have a graphics program handy that will do this, PowerPoint
will do it nicely: be careful which option you choose when you export.

I suggest exporting to PNG so that you do not lose resolution, but set the
number of colours as low as you can get it without upsetting your image. If
PNG ends up too large, go for JPEG, but note that you will lose some
resolution in JPEG unless you set the Quality setting so high that the image
becomes quite large.

Cheers

In Word for the PC, you can do 2 things to reduce file size of imbedded
images: 1) you can permanently delete cropping and 2) you can compress
the image. I cannot find either in Word for Mac. Imbedded images have
made my file too large to email, so I need to find a way to compress
the images. Doing so prior to inserting would be a pain and I'd have
to start over.

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Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Failing a dedicated graphics program, you can do it in PowerPoint.

The smaller GIF image is the "placable header" from metafile images, the
larger one is the picture itself.

Hope this helps

I also have been looking for a way to convert and/or compress Quick
Time images to some format Word considers standard. Quick Time images
will not show on a Mac or PC if Quick Time is not installed.
One cumbersum way to convert and/or compress visible images (not sure
about embedded images) is to save the document as an HTML document.
Each image will be converted and/or compressed to a .giff file. These
files can be copied and replace the images in the original Word
document. I don't why Word doesn't have a button to do this
automatically.
Sometimes Word makes 2 .giff files for an image. The larger file is
probably of higher resolution.N

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me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410