Microsoft KB Archive/253973

= PUB2000: File Size Increases Unexpectedly When You Insert Picture =

Article ID: 253973

Article Last Modified on 2/16/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q253973



SYMPTOMS
When you insert a picture into a Microsoft Publisher 2000 publication as an embedded or a linked picture, the file size of the publication may increase by an unexpected amount that is greater than the original file size of the inserted picture.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the picture that you insert into the publication uses a compressed file format.

Many common picture file formats, such as JPEG or TIFF, create highly compressed picture files. However, the format that Publisher 2000 uses to store embedded or linked pictures in publications is not compatible with file compression.

As a result, when you insert a picture into a publication, the file size of the picture that you inserted into the publication may be much larger than the file size of the original compressed picture file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Publisher 2000.

Additional query words: mspub pub2k 9.0 pub9 prepress

Keywords: kbbug kbprepress kbpng kbpending KB253973

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