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Subject:RE: Need tips on reducing Word file size From:"Dan Hall" <dhall -at- san-carlos -dot- rms -dot- slb -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 5 Jun 2002 11:45:07 -0500
It is odd that Word does a better job of compressing
gifs within binaries... I think I may look into
compressing some pngs and gifs and see what happens.
I think it might be more useful to compare the file
quality/size than to simply compare the results of
inserting a 30k png and 30k gif - since you might
be able to get a significantly larger (size-wise)
usable image from the png if the compression is
better. I think the png compression algorithm works
better on more complex images... I converted a
screenshot to 256 colors and it saved as a 20K png
and 30K gif.
Dan
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