Importance of resizing image in word document

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May 1, 2017, 5:20 am

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Importance of resizing image in word document

Resizing image before adding to word document is essential thing to make the document size smaller. If you resize a large image of 5MB inside word document, it won't help you make the document size smaller. Imagine having lots of such images in a single document. If you use some basic image editor to decrease size and resize the image as per need, then add to word document you will have a it in small size. You won't have much problem while sending lots of such documents in email. You will save a lots of internet cost if you are on a costly connection.

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fishmonk

fishmonk

This is a smart piece of information to share with office workers. I have seen many writers who have good content but neglect their formatting. The same holds true for Powerpoint presentations. As much as having high-definition photos is great, we do not need to include these large sized files at all times. There is a tendency to flood your recipient's mailbox by sending e-mails with large attachments.

7 years ago

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Barida

Barida

I agree with you that having some of these pictures of high memory content can get things tough for some clients. It's better to resize and make it easier for them to open.

7 years ago

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Tronia

Tronia

Oh, really? I honestly had no idea about this and I frequently use the Word for different documents. I am very rarely on limited data though so that's not a problem and I don't think that Word documents, in general, are big size compared to others like PDF formats.

What about using the compress option that's within Word? Doesn't that do the trick?

7 years ago

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Barida

Barida

I think it can still work as long as you make it compatible with the site you're sending it to. Always view the details to see how much space it got and the memory capacity it has as well.

7 years ago

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galegatling

galegatling

I did not know about this and I had no problem editing and resizing whatever picture file I put on the word application whenever I want to write something specially with previews. Never have I ever had a problem with photo resizing because I can always resize the photo's scale within the word itself. And I can modify it using the wrap feature so I can always have it anywhere I want it to be. Sure, those HD photos would take up a lot of space from the word document, but what I do usually is I would just have to find the edge intersection of that photo and hold and drag it to be smaller. Works everytime ever since I was in high school doing home works or projects that needs to have pictures.

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Krisleen

Krisleen

I agree with you. I experienced working on MS Word files that are filled with very large images, around less than 10 pages. Navigating to the next page alone is very hard. It even hangs sometimes. Such file is also hard to send in emails. We know that 25MB is the maximum file size allowed to be sent in an email. It is indeed important to resize images first not only to fit in a file or an email but also to save some space in your computer or storage devices.

7 years ago

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Judas2018

Judas2018

I always opt for medium-sized images over tiny or extra large images in any document I create. I think any image in the 200-400px range in terms of width and 400-500px in terms of height is just fine.

7 years ago

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Barida

Barida

Using a medium sized image in articles that you create is a nice way to keep everything in the balance as no reader will complain how big or small that the image size is since you tried to keep everything balanced. This is just like what I do as I don't always want to make everything look huge or so tiny when I upload photos.

6 years ago

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Baburra

Baburra

This is great advice. I am a graphic designer so I've always been diligent and observant when it came to file sizes, even ones in Word documents. However, this is not something that many people are knowledgeable in and I often get document files that are way higher in file size than they need to be. Sometimes, it is helpful to have a higher resolution picture, but rarely is it the case when it is in a document since if I really needed that picture at that size then chances are I would be receiving it separately and not embedded in a Word document.

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Barida

Barida

It's an idea I never had until I began registering on some of the blogs I enjoy writing on. It was when I couldn't place my pictures that I got the knowledge that I can resize photos and since then, I've learnt how to use Word to do it.

7 years ago

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mildredtabitha

mildredtabitha

This is true. Larger images take longer to load especially when sending files with emails. I always like original pictures but I know I can resize the picture without losing quality. It also depends with someone's preferences because some people like larger images while some people like small sized images.

7 years ago

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Corzhens

Corzhens

In the olden days when I was not aware of the resolution of images, I have noticed that my uploading of the images takes time. When I was into Facebook, someone suggested that I taper the image size because Facebook compresses it anyway. So what I do now is to resize the image down to 960 pixels which is way much faster to upload and takes a smaller storage space than the original size of 4,000 pixels. In word documents, the same rule applies so it is better to resize the image before adding into the word document.

6 years ago

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fishbate

fishbate

If image quality is not a concern you can also change the file type to a much more lighter file like .png and .gif. Also combining and editing a couple of images and saving it as one image helps in decreasing allotted data.

6 years ago

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jaymish3

jaymish3

I don't really find this a problem . You can always resize the image when you have copied and pasted it to word. In fact I find that this works better then resizing it before. I think it also depends on what version of word you have. I know the older version is much harder. This maybe the case for those who find it convenient to resize the image before transferring it on to word. Also curious as to what programme they use.

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cmoneyspinner

cmoneyspinner

When I started sharing my content links via social networks, particularly Google Plus, I saw a recommendation as to the perfect image size. I followed the suggestion and now whenever I publish content I try to make my images that same size (about 550x550) because no matter which social media network I share the post whether Google Plus or Facebook, etc., the image comes through and looks great!

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