Re: Suggestions for new tool option

Subject: Re: Suggestions for new tool option
From: Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 07:13:17 -0400



Steve Hudson wrote:
>
>
> 1) Word doesnt understand any graphic except .wmf and .bmp.
>
> 2) Word will import SOME OTHER graphic formats. When it does so, it must
> have TWO copies of the graphic. One as the original .whatever file. One as
> an internal-use only bitmap that word can use to display a representation of
> the inserted graphic.
>
> 3) When you crop or otherwise adjust a picture using word's built-in
> controls, it needs at least two copies (both of which CAN be satisfied by
> point 2 above) - an original and a display copy.
>
> 4) BMP is the most inefficient way of storing a picture.
>
> 5) Linked pictures should not be stored with the document, but this rule is
> subbordinate to 3).

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Steve,

Reading between the lines (normal mode of operation for Word, I take
it), I think this explains the weirdness I observed last week: I
inserted a small, unremarkable TIFF in a one-page letter. I might have
been able to get away with a high-res JPEG, and if you tell me that
would have made a significant difference, I'll do so in the future.

The one-page letter was turned into a mail-merged 511-page file. Despite
all the usual tricks (Save As to a new filename, principally), the
mail-merged file was approximately 45 MB in size.

When I spooled the file to the printer, the spool file was only half
that size (22 MB). First time I've ever seen a print spool smaller than
the original doc file.

QUESTIONS:

1. Would using a high-res jpeg have saved substantially on the file
size?

2. Is there any way to persuade Word to store a single copy of a graphic
and make repeated references to it--within one file (not interested in
linking)?

Thanks,

Dick

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