Justin Ressler asked:
>If I use the Insert>Picture>From File option, will this help
>to keep my file size down?
If you mean the size of your Visio file down, then yes.
I've been using visio since version 3 (they're currently at 7 or 2002) I
found file sizes in general ballooned in Visio 2000 (the previous version,
5.0, created much smaller files).
When you import->picture->from file it does a bit of compression on the fly,
but essentially pastes/embeds it in the visio file. So you are still going
to have the size of the visio file before the import/paste + the size of the
screen capture after some compression.
I've had the best luck creating the smallest file size I can *before*
importing. My screen captures are all originally BMPs. I've had lots of luck
reducing their pallet size and color depth to keep them small.
Jennifer Maitland said:
>I'd import Visio into Word the same way you'd do it in Framemaker.
I actually print the Visio file as a PDF (using Adobe Distiller) and then
import it by reference into Framemaker. I found I got better quality results
when generating PDFs or trying to convert the graphic into something else if
I started with either BMP or EPS (depends if the graphic is vector or
static).
When dealing with word, I often have to remove the cut-and-pasted visio file
from the word file, find the original and then generate a BMP of it to paste
into word and resize accordingly. If I didn't do this, inevitably, someone
would either print the document and complain about the quality or get the
document and find the graphic missing.
Ah the joys of sending files by email. ;)
Hope this helps.
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