Microsoft KB Archive/231922

= WD97: Poor Compression of Word Files That Contain Graphics =

Article ID: 231922

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q231922





SYMPTOMS
When you use file compression utilities to reduce the storage size of Word documents that contain a large percentage of graphics, the compression ratio may be lower than expected.



CAUSE
Microsoft Word is designed to compress the pictures or graphics inserted into documents automatically. Word natively stores JPEG images and converts all raster formats to Portable Network Graphics (PNG). PNG is a compressed format.

Applying additional compression to well-compressed images does not yield a significant reduction in the amount of storage space. Only non-JPEG/PNG data like text and other data can be reduced by a compression algorithm.

Additional query words: drw cgm pcx pcd cdr dxf emf wmf jpg png pict gif jpeg tif tiff eps wpg bmp dib rle tga pct

Keywords: kbprb KB231922

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