Re: Mac Word 2004 Templates yield HUGE filesizes when used by Windows machines?

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From: HobeSoundDarryl (DarrylHall_at_USA.com)
Date: 11/02/04 

Date: 2 Nov 2004 14:38:10 -0800

John, thanks for the answer. That makes sense to me.

So, since the original is a .png file (preserving fonts as fonts,
etc.), I can open it directly into Macromedia Freehand 10 and save it
as a "generic EPS". In doing so, the .eps version is more than 700K
with the font embedded and more than 600K without it (but it seems
like I would have to embed the font). This is in the same range of
file size as when the file is blown up by Windows Word. Anything I can
do to keep the eps filesize small and solve the problem.

Thanks for any answers.

John McGhie <john@mcghie.name> wrote in message news:<BDADC130.C07E%john@mcghie.name>...
> Sounds like the Windows User has set "Save original picture with document"
> set.
>
> When you embed the picture, Word will expand it internally to produce a 96
> dpi screen-resolution version, which it then saves in the document along
> with the original to enable fast display.
>
> When it gets to Windows, the Windows machine would blow the thing up into a
> bitmap, and save that with the document too. You would expect a bitmap to
> be 20 times the size, and be compressed by Word to half its original size,
> producing the problem you are seeing.
>
> Which is why people suggest that you should avoid using raster graphics for
> letterheads :-) Use a proper EPS and neither platform will fiddle with it.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 2/11/04 12:52 PM, in article
> e964a4ff.0411011752.6b42ffe3@posting.google.com, "HobeSoundDarryl"
> <DarrylHall@USA.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have Mac OS 10.3 and Office 2004. I have created a very simple
> > letterhead template in Word. The file size of it when I'm sending it
> > as a one-page memo is about 90K. The letterhead is an embedded .jpg
> > (though I've also tried .png and .tif). I made the graphics in
> > Macromedia Fireworks, but have tried opening and resaving them in
> > Apple Preview to try to rule out a bug in the paint program. I can
> > send the letterhead to myself and everything works as you would
> > expect. Here's a good description of what's happening...
> >
> > I saved the file as a Word Template in Mac Word 2004. Then I opened it
> > as a document and immediately saved it as a Word .doc file. I attached
> > it to an Entourage email message and it attached at a file size of
> > 93K.
> >
> > I sent it to a person with Windows XP and the latest version and
> > updates of Office for Windows. He dragged it onto his desktop, opened
> > it, put in a short "testing" message and saved it as a Word .doc file
> > again. He sent it back to me through Outlook Express and it arrived at
> > a filesize of 661K. His "testing" content was just a few chars. I
> > saved his reply (Word doc) to my (Mac) desktop and then did a "get
> > info" to check filesize. It was back down to 56K. I opened a new
> > message and attached it and it attached at 56K.
> >
> > What is going on? Why is the Windows machine blowing the filesize up
> > approx. 10 times? This problem is consistent time after time.
> > Originally, I had the graphic at 300dpi, but, on a suggestion from
> > elsewhere I chopped it down to 150dpi. Smaller filesize out and back,
> > but still the Windows version sent back to me comes in about 10 times
> > larger than what I send out.
> >
> > Any additional ideas/suggestions (from anyone) would be appreciated.

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