> Aidan, this isn't really a solution, but IIRC, with Word you can add images > to documents two ways. If you go to Insert > Picture > From File, then > choose your .jpg and add it, then the document filesize should be > relatively small. If however you're copying and pasting across > applications, then you end up with a document of several Mb. It sounds > like your documents were made using the second method? > > Don't suppose that helps any...
Lol... in this instance, no, but thanks anyway! The Word docs are going to be available for download from our web server and possibly carted around on laptops, so we need the image need to be embedded in the Word doc, rather than linked to. And the bloat in the files is due to the fact that the creator inserted the images in the Word doc and then resized them by hand to fit the page, akin to a web page linking to a huge image and just using the img tag's height and width attribute to do the resizing -- you still pay for the big d/l, even though the image on screen is comparatively small. Obviously, you can go in by hand to the Word doc, cut out the image, paste into Fireworks, resize and paste the smaller image back, but for 500 Word docs, each with 4 or 5 images, that's mucho ballache, so I was after a programmatic solution if possible (although my Word experience currently extends not much beyond hitting Alt-F11 in Word ;-). Regards -- Aidan Whitehall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Macromedia ColdFusion Developer Fairbanks Environmental +44 (0)1695 51775 ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
