Inserting .jpg images increases file size

[DHawkins]

My original document is is 12.9 kb and the image I am inserting is 160 kb
but after I have inserted the picture the Word 2002 file size is 2.11 mb. I
have tried the compress image feature but it just doesn't make sense that a
12.9 kb and 160 kb file would add up to 2.11 mb. Can anyone give me some
insight on this issue.

Thanks in advance for any assistance,
Dave

 

[Mark]

Well, Dave, I'm having exactly the same problem with Word 2000. File
size is normal, then I Insert, Picture, From File, and the file size
increases to 10 times what it should be. I had the same problem 3
months ago, searched thru Google and found the easy solution, but I
can't remember it OR find it again. Why is nobody responding to
you/us? Help, please, people.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

One solution would be to link the graphic instead of embedding it, but this
is not always feasible (if the document must be portable, for example).

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[pre]

The cool fact lies in the way the graphic is inserted. Clicking
InsertPicture is the "cheapest" way, Cut´nCopy, especially via Past Special
will do a Meeega doc.
In case of digital photos don´t rely on the size quoted.

 

[Jason Gyetko]

I was having the same problem and found that you can 'convert embedded
objects into graphics' by:

1. Click the embedded object you want to convert.
2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

FYI: My embedded graphics were simply print screens which I had pasted into
my document. By performing the above task on all my graphics, my doc size
was reduced from 22.8Mb to 1.6Mb.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unless a graphic is an OLE object or is both linked and embedded,
Ctrl+Shift+F9 (which unlinks fields) will have no effect. If you paste a
graphic into a document, it is (usually) embedded already. If you use Insert
| Picture | From File and don't choose Link to File or Link and Embed, it is
embedded already. If you have pasted a graphic from a graphics app, it may
have been pasted as an OLE object (CorelDRAW works this way); if you instead
save the graphic from the graphics app in a standard graphics format and use
Insert | Picture | From File, you won't have the OLE overhead.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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