Pasting causing large problems....

[Steven E. Segore]

A coilleague is forced to use Word 2000 (...he is only in two days a week on
site). He is working on a Word 2000 text document in Windows 98 that
requires graphics that we create in SPSS PC using Windows XP and export to
*.JPG files.

The Word 2002 file we create to place the *.JPGs in order is only 59Kb.
When my colleague copies and pastes these graphics in sequence from the Word
2002 document, his resulting Word 2000 document bloats from a manageable
150Kb document to 23Mb causing all manner of memory problems on his Windows
98 box.

Why is this happening and what should we do about it? Without any
foreknowledge, we're guessing the problem has something to do with "backwards
compatibility. Still one would think that the newer code of Word would
trump the old and fix this problem automatically. Please explain what
specifically is occuring.

Thank you for your time.


Steven E. Segore
Assoc. Health Care Management Systems Analyst
NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

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[Beth Melton]

The binary file format for Word has not changed since Word 97.

I do know that as of Word 2002 images are handled better than they
were in previous versions but the file size you have noted is rather
large.

How large are the *.jpgs? Have you verified the steps he his using
compared to your own? For example using Insert/Object can result in a
larger embedded images than using Insert/Picture from file.

Also, in File/Properties on the Summary tab is "Save Preview Picture"
turned on? This option is notorious for causing file bloat.
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[beaner]

Another possible answer to bloat. In Word is "versioning" or "Track Changes"
turned on? Those 2 really pig out.