Smith Micro, StuffIt's owner, also makes StuffIt Expander for Mac users who just want to open archives. How to compress a file on your Mac. Select the file or folder in the Finder. Right-click or control-click on the file to bring up the pop-up menu. Select Compress filename. By default images added inside Word documents are not compressed, this can result in documents with embedded images getting extremely large only after one or two images. Fortunately Word offers a quick and easy option to compress images in a document. The steps below detail how to compress all images inside a Word 2016 document. Generally speaking, JPEG has a smaller file size with large color palette, while PNG is larger in size since it supports unlimited colors. According to our tests, JPEG and PNG files shrink the most after compression. If the original PNG image doesn't contain many colors, it is suggested to change the image format into JPEG to decrease the file. This image compression tool then compresses your JPEG and PNG images to the highest level possible. If you’re a Mac or PC user, the other options on this list will be a better bet for your system. Trimage is best suited for Linux users.
Microsoft Word provides users with the option to reduce the file size of the document with images. In this tutorial, we will see the technique of reducing the file size in Word 2013 and Word 2011 for Mac.
Reduce images size in Word 2013
Word 2013 users can use the Compress Pictures option available as part of Format Picture to compress the images in the document.
Step 1: Click the Format menu in Microsoft Word 2013. Please note the Format menu will be available only after selecting the image on the document.
Step 2: In the Format menu, navigate to Adjust section and click the Compress Pictures option. This should display the following Compress Pictures window.
Now you can choose the desired option under Compression options and Target Output. Let say you want to only share the document with other users using email, then go for “E-mail (96 ppi): minimize document size for sharing”.
Step 3: After selecting the required options, click Ok button to apply the changes to images.
Compress images in Word 2011 for Mac
Step 1: Select the image in the document and click Format Picture menu.
Step 2: Under Format Picture menu, click the Compress Option. This should display the following Reduce File Size screen.
Step 3: Now choose the Picture Quality drop down to apply appropriate picture quality as per your needs. You can apply the changes to all the pictures in the file or just Selected pictures
Step 4: Click OK button to apply the changes to the document.
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