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<blockquote data-quote="ashleygeney" data-source="post: 1287076" data-attributes="member: 212686"><p>Noob here. And long post ahead. Please bear with me.</p><p></p><p>I have created a Word Document (saved as .doc, 94-2007) and File>Inserted images with a text box next to each image. There are about 4 images per page in this 40 page document--so that's about 160 images. The file size is 314 MB and is therefore impossible to edit without lagging and being extremely slow.</p><p></p><p>Here are the things I have tried to decrease the file size (as I assume the pictures are at fault for making it so large):</p><p></p><p>1. Saved the pictures from the Word Doc then opened in a photo editor to resize, but the photo editor is telling me the image size is small (roughly 200x300 pixels) and if I resize anymore, the image will be distorted.</p><p></p><p>With that, I save the edited image anyway, and the file size is 64KB. When I open up the original file it is 74MB. Now, why is the Word Doc so slow if in fact, the images are being resized automatically? They must somehow still be linked to the original file at 74MB.</p><p></p><p>2. I read online that .doc files tend to be larger than .docx files, so I did Save As and resaved the file as .docx, but the file size remained the same. How can that be?</p><p></p><p>I'm running out of options, and have googled this to no avail. Of course Word for Windows has a "Compress image" feature but this is not something Word for Mac has, since it "apparently" auto compresses the image when it is inserted.</p><p></p><p>Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated. I am getting very frustrated with the Word Doc and cannot get any other work done (i.e. inserting text) because it takes so long to process and scroll through.</p><p></p><p>Thank you,</p><p>Ashley</p><p></p><p>Edit: I am using a Macbook OS X 10.6.8, Word 2008</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ashleygeney, post: 1287076, member: 212686"] Noob here. And long post ahead. Please bear with me. I have created a Word Document (saved as .doc, 94-2007) and File>Inserted images with a text box next to each image. There are about 4 images per page in this 40 page document--so that's about 160 images. The file size is 314 MB and is therefore impossible to edit without lagging and being extremely slow. Here are the things I have tried to decrease the file size (as I assume the pictures are at fault for making it so large): 1. Saved the pictures from the Word Doc then opened in a photo editor to resize, but the photo editor is telling me the image size is small (roughly 200x300 pixels) and if I resize anymore, the image will be distorted. With that, I save the edited image anyway, and the file size is 64KB. When I open up the original file it is 74MB. Now, why is the Word Doc so slow if in fact, the images are being resized automatically? They must somehow still be linked to the original file at 74MB. 2. I read online that .doc files tend to be larger than .docx files, so I did Save As and resaved the file as .docx, but the file size remained the same. How can that be? I'm running out of options, and have googled this to no avail. Of course Word for Windows has a "Compress image" feature but this is not something Word for Mac has, since it "apparently" auto compresses the image when it is inserted. Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated. I am getting very frustrated with the Word Doc and cannot get any other work done (i.e. inserting text) because it takes so long to process and scroll through. Thank you, Ashley Edit: I am using a Macbook OS X 10.6.8, Word 2008 [/QUOTE]
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