Compress Pictures

[dav...@officeformac.com]

Is it possibly to compress images to reduce file size in Office 2008? I normally use Windows so I've become accustomed to using this feature.

[Michel Bintener]

No, it isn't. You will need to compress them in a separate application
before inserting them into Word.

On 05/02/08 23:56, in article ee8c3...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"dav...@officeformac.com" <dav...@officeformac.com> wrote:

> Is it possibly to compress images to reduce file size in Office 2008? I
> normally use Windows so I've become accustomed to using this feature.

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[ianfe...@officeformac.com]

Hi Michel,

Do you know why this feature was left out of Office:mac(Word)? It's a very useful feature that I know many Word users rely on. Isn't there another way of compressing pictures in Word?

Ian

[John McGhie]

I know why... :-)

Word's native graphics formats are PNG and JPEG. They won't compress any
further than they already are.

The previous function was a "Re-sampling" function. It operated by ripping
information out of the graphic.

This really annoyed people who did not want it to happen :-) So Microsoft
has removed the function.

You can use any graphics application you like to perform the same function.
It's not really a function that a "word processor" should ever have had in
the first place ã it has nothing to do with "words".

Most people recommend OmniGraffle for the job. It's cheap, reliable, and
very very powerful. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/

Hope this helps

On 28/02/08 8:22 AM, in article ee8c...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"ianfe...@officeformac.com" <ianfe...@officeformac.com> wrote:

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[Dead...@officeformac.com]

Mr. McGhie, I must point out several errors in your assertions.

>Word's native graphics formats are PNG and JPEG. They won't
>compress any further than they already are.

I'm oversimplifying but JPEG has a sliding scale of compression. Yes it's lossy but most compression isn't lossless because often quality is sacrificed on the altar of smaller file-sizes and limited bandwidth.

>The previous function was a "Re-sampling" function.
>It operated by ripping information out of the graphic.

Let's not split hairs. All lossy compression "rips out info."

>This really annoyed people who did not want it to happen

>So Microsoft has removed the function.

So MS decided to punish all users because of the ones who lack basic understanding? Let the newbies have an extra warning if they need it.

Resampling images is part of Office 2007 (for PCs.) My biggest question to you-and more importantly Microsoft-is why has MS released Office 2008 for Mac as crippleware? The glaring omissions of key productivity features is long (including VBA & macros.)

>It's not really a function that a "word processor" should ever
>have had in the first place ã it has nothing to do with "words".

This is not the 1980s, sir. The new Publishing Layout means we're really talking about word processing software that truly doubles as a Desktop Publisher. Word has long had dozens of features that go beyond mere "word processing."

The real point is that we don't expect to have to waste time using an outside graphics app to shrink photos when tried and true features for shrinking images (the biggest culprit in large document files) right inside Word worked for years. We've paid good money for an Office suite but it seems MS isn't up to the challenge of making their Mac software nearly as useful as the same exact same product produced earlier for the Win OS.

[John McGhie]

On 21/04/08 8:48 PM, in article ee8c...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"Dead...@officeformac.com" <Dead...@officeformac.com> wrote:

> Mr. McGhie, I must point out several errors in your assertions.

Not a great way to start off if you were actually expecting to get
information, now is it?

Especially since you then proceeded to be unable to do so!

You have a nice day now....

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[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

<Dead...@officeformac.com> wrote:

> >The previous function was a "Re-sampling" function.
> >It operated by ripping information out of the graphic.
>
> Let's not split hairs. All lossy compression "rips out info."

I would have to agree. That's the idea of resampling anyway,

> >This really annoyed people who did not want it to happen
> >So Microsoft has removed the function.
>
> So MS decided to punish all users because of the ones who lack basic
> understanding? Let the newbies have an extra warning if they need it.

Well you hve to remember that John doesn't work for MS. It's not his
fault.

I do agree too that we need compression (resampling) for images
Office-wide (and mostly in PowerPOint actually where there is no point
using a 12000 dpi image to display on a video projector at 72dpi). If
you want these features, you should use the Send Feedback command in any
Office app to make sure MS knows.

Corentin

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