Re: increase in file size ii
- From: "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:15:17 +1100
No. That's why I didn't answer the first time :-)
Yes, we know "what" is causing it. But "No", you can't do anything about
it.
There's a cross-platform work-around to deal with the graphics
incompatibilities between the two platforms. Whenever the graphic hits the
"other" platform, Word converts it into the native format for that platform.
To avoid having to do this every time, it stores the conversion in the
document for fast display.
If you add a PICT to a Mac document, or PNG to a PC document, it will be
converted on the other platform. When it is converted, you end up with four
copies of the image in the document: the original and the low-resolution
"display" version on the Mac, and a High-res and low-res conversion on the
PC.
You might find that if you use PNG as the format for the graphics, it won't
be converted on either platform, so you won't get the bloat. Worth a try?
Cheers
On 30/1/06 10:45 AM, in article
85DD95A7-8CAD-4F58-8E87-EAA84B794AA1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "leejav"
<leejav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> "leejav" wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys.
>>
>> I've been searching through these forums for an answer to our problem. As
>> yet i've only found one topic which seems to be on the same lines, but the
>> solution doesn't help. Let me explain.
>>
>> We've created some word templates on a mac. These templates include graphics
>> which we can't removed as they're part of the design. The graphics have been
>> inserted in to word as jpg images with medium compression (nothing more than
>> 100K). The template (.dot) file is only 114K on the mac.
>>
>> Now when these templates are sent to the client who works in word on a pc
>> and she opens and then saves the files (either as another .dot or a .doc) the
>> file sizes inflate to over 3mb in size without adding any additional graphics
>> or text.
>>
>> I've been running a few tests with this over the morning and it seems that
>> if i create a .dot on a pc, with no content at all, and copy it to the mac.
>> Then place the same image in on the mac and send the file back to the PC, the
>> file DOESN'T inflate when it's then saved on the PC. It only seems to be with
>> word docs or tamplates that have been created on a mac which cause this
>> problem.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening? Also do you know how we
>> can 'fix' about 30 multi page word templates we've already created in word on
>> the mac so when they're sent to a pc they don't inflate in size?
>>
>> Any help or advise would be appreciated.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Leigh
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