Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > On 02/26/2014 10:43 PM, Dale Rebgetz wrote: >>> There is a 10 MB file size limit, which my book exceeds due to the >>> included pictures. >> Thomas, beginning with LibreOffice 4.1 there is a new feature where if >> you right-click on an image in your document you will see the option >> "Compress Graphic...". >> >> This opens a dialogue box where you are provided with information about >> that image (including its current size), proposed compression settings, >> and a Calculate button to see the new size of that image if you were to >> accept those settings. >> >> I have not found a way to do this on all the images at once. >> >> Because the changes are permanent, I suggest you *first* save a copy of >> the original (large) document. That way you can try again if you >> compress the images too much and loose too much image quality. >> >> Dale. > What format and compression "level" are you using for your images? > > You could always use JPG and make the image "compressed" to the greatest > level that still a good viewable quality. Also, make sure you images are > the "exact" size you want for the document and not need to resize it to > a smaller size in the document to fit the image area you are using. That > will reduce the amount of "space" in the file needed to store the image. > I have seen too many documents with nearly full page size images that > are reduced to a visible one of less that 2 inches. That just add a lot > of file size to the document that is not needed. > > So, make you image out side your document the visible size and > compression level you want/need first, then you do not need to resize it > in the document and add unneeded file space/size in your document.
Many image formats, especially jpeg images downloaded from digital cameras, contain metadata tags (eg camera maker/model, time/date and many others). Removing all these metadata tags can sometimes make a worthwhile contribution to reducing the size of your image files. A handy little program I use for resizing, compressing and stripping metadata from images before inserting them into a document is "FastStone Image Viewer": http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm Not OSS, but free for personal use. A Windows only program, but undoubtedly there are equal or better ones for other platforms. Dave -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
