Re: File size increases

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If you do a "Paste Special" you have more control over the pasting format,
thereby choosing something most desirable.



"Kristina Conceicao" <kconceicao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi John,
>
> This is very interesting. I did not realize that several copies of the
> graphic are actually stored. We all have macs, but our clients all use
> Windows. We're currently inserting TIFFs in WinWord via a Citrix server
> (because they display well onscreen in Windows), but sometimes the
> documents are reopened/saved on a mac (to make changes to text). Based on
> your information, we'll investigate using JPEG or GIF instead. Then we'd
> have the added bonus of being able to insert the graphics on our macs :-)
>
> What about copying from Excel and pasting into Word as a picture? How are
> these graphics handled/stored by Mac Word and Win Word?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Kristina
>
>
> John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote:
>> Hi Robert:
>>
>> The graphic is saved in the Word document as PICT, a vector
>> representation
>> of unlimited resolution.
>>
>> When the document gets to Windows, WinWord needs to convert the graphic
>> to a
>> format that will work on Windows. Because PICT on the Mac and the
>> Windows
>> equivalent are not totally compatible, to ensure an accurate conversion
>> WinWord converts the image to a high-dpi bitmap (raster) at high colour
>> depth.
>>
>> To preserve maximum compatibility, a cross-platform document ends up with
>> two or four copies of each image in it: The original vector, a converted
>> vector, and a bitmap conversion for each platform. This does bloat the
>> file
>> somewhat :-)
>>
>> You can short-circuit this process by saving your image as a raster
>> yourself. Use PNG, JPEG or GIF according to your application.
>> Word will leave those formats alone on either platform.


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