Article ID: 254203
Article Last Modified on 2/16/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q254203
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Link to File option to link to an inserted picture in a Microsoft Publisher 2000 publication, the file size of the publication is increased by the same amount that would occur if you embedded the picture in the publication.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Publisher 2000 stores an embedded copy of any inserted picture, whether or not the picture is linked to an external picture file on disk.
When you link to a picture file, you can use Graphics Manager to manage or to update the picture dynamically.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Publisher 2000.
MORE INFORMATION
To start Graphics Manager:
- Start Publisher 2000.
- Point to Commercial Printing Tools on the Tools menu, and then click Graphics Manager.
For additional information about how Publisher 2000 stores picture data, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
253973 PUB: Inserted Picture Causes Unexpected Increase in File Size
Additional query words: mspub pub2k 9.0 pub9 prepress
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