> Thanks for the file. :-) What I noted was the first image is rather large.
> It's cropped and you are only seeing a portion of it but image that's stored
> in the document is a screen shot of the individual's entire screen. (It
> looks like they were listening to KQQL at the time. <grin>) Reducing the
> image will take a large chunk of the file size off. You can try using the
> Compress Pictures function in Word to remove the portion of the image that's
> not visible in the document but the best method is to modify the image in an
> image editor.
>
> I can get it down to just under 2 MB when saved in .rtf format and I think
> that's about as good as you are going to get. A rich text file that contains
> images is going to be larger than when saved as a Word document. If you need
> to make the file even smaller then you'd need to use a format other than
> ..rtf such as PDF.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
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> "Hiro" <Hiro[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FC24801F-7066-4905-AD54-BD543D87FC02[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for your support, Beth!
> > I just sent you the problem file (1 RTF file). I hope you can assist me
> > how
> > to solve the issue.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Hiro
> >
> >
> > "Beth Melton" wrote:
> >
> >> Could you send me either the file or a sample file that shows the
> >> behavior?
> >> To obtain a valid email address remove "NoSpam4Me" from
> >> bmelton[ at ]mvpsNoSpam4Me.org.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Hiro" <Hiro[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:852E4599-EAA4-4CBA-B355-D968F8AA7605[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >> > Thank you, Beth for your response.
> >> >
> >> > I confirm that "Save Preview Picture" is not selected - but still the
> >> > size
> >> > increase from 528 Kb to over 8 MB as soon as I hit Save As or modify
> >> > the
> >> > file
> >> > a little and Save :((
> >> >
> >> > I tried with 7 machines in the office and all behaves the same.
> >> > Can you think of any thing else?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you for your help...
> >> >
> >> > Hiro
> >> > ================
> >> >
> >> > "Beth Melton" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Check File/Properties and on the Summary tab make sure "Save Preview
> >> >> Picture" is not selected. If there are images in a file and the Save
> >> >> Preview
> >> >> Picture option is enabled it's known to cause file bloat -- especially
> >> >> if
> >> >> the images are on the first page.
> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >> Beth Melton
> >> >> Microsoft Office MVP
> >> >>
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton> >> >> What is a Microsoft MVP?
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs> >> >>
> >> >> Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
> >> >>
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Hiro" <Hiro[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:66B26B17-E01F-466B-8F8E-289BA272EFD0[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >> >> > I have a RTF file (528 KB in size) created using Word2003. When I
> >> >> > open
> >> >> > this
> >> >> > file, add a couple words and save the file, the file size becomes
> >> >> > over
> >> >> > 8MB.
> >> >> > This file contains a couple images, and if I delete these images,
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > file
> >> >> > size do not increase this much. So Word is doing something with
> >> >> > these
> >> >> > two
> >> >> > small images.
> >> >> > If I open this RTF file and Save it without changing anything, the
> >> >> > file
> >> >> > size
> >> >> > do not increase.
> >> >> > If I open this RTF file and use Save AS to save this file, then the
> >> >> > file
> >> >> > size increase to over 8MB.
> >> >> > I cut and pasted the entire document to a new document and saved as
> >> >> > RTF,
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > it still becomes 8MB.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Would someone help me to to figure out how I can keep the RTF file
> >> >> > size
> >> >> > about the same as the original RTF file size without deleting these
> >> >> > embeded
> >> >> > images. We need to keep these images embeded in the file instead of
> >> >> > linking
> >> >> > them
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I checked Word settings - Format -> Options -> Save tab, "Always
> >> >> > create
> >> >> > backup copy" is unchecked, "Allow fast saves" is unchecked, "Embed
> >> >> > TrueType
> >> >> > fonts" is unchecked. Files -> Versions... option is grayed out for
> >> >> > RTF
> >> >> > file.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I hope someone knows how I can keep the file size small...
>
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