Originally Posted by Moonpi
it compresses the file size by reducing the resolution, not the size on the page. Depending on your originals, it may be a slight reduction, or a huge one. That is why I suggested doing a Save As first - if you look at them side by side, sometimes you can't even tell the differences.
I would not reccomend this if you needed to print photo-quality prints, but for most applications, it's a great space-saver.
Moonpi = I get soo frustrated with all of this....while it was fresh in my mind...I wrote down all what you suggested stage by stage...made a new copy renamed........right click on first image.....DUH nothing at all about compressing....I have office 2007, I suspect you use a different version....this one is so different from 03 which I used until very recently......grrrrrrhhhhhh!!!!!! :cry: