RE: Need tips on reducing Word file size

[Keith Cronin <kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com>]

Dick Margulis (who always busts me for incomplete testing, or for believing
non-scientific "studies") wrote:

> IME the most efficient format is Word's native "Picture" format. This is
not suitable for high-res printing, of course; you can't go back and edit
it; and you have to be careful about scaling after the fact (don't do it).
But it usually wins hands down for size.
> 
> 1. Insert whatever the heck you want. Scale and crop as needed.
> 2. Cut.
> 3. Edit > Paste Special > Picture.
> 4. Adjust the layout choice (for example, "In line with text")



Curiouser and curiouser. I tried this technique on the docs that my last
tests produced.

The Word doc with the GIF file started out at 322K and shrunk to 316K.
The Word doc with the PNG file started out at 374K and grew to 382K.


And people wonder why (tech) writers drink...

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