Linux At Work

Sat, 24 Aug 2002 12:02:36 -0700

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Hello, yesterday at work, one of my co workers emailed me several MS =
word documents created with MS word from Office XP Small Business =
edition. Each file consisted of some text and 20 to 25 screen shots.  =
File sizes ranging from 450 to 800 K. I had no problem opening these in =
Open Office running under linux. If I modified the files and saved them =
in Open Office's native format, the file sizes remained about the same =
size. If I saved them in MS Word format though, the file sizes went =
through the roof. For example the 800K file went to about 25megs.=20

I haven't noticed this happening with files that contain only text, so I =
think it hassomething to do with how Open office is storing the =
graphics.  Any Idea how to reduce the file size back to a manageable =
level. I don't know how open office stores the graphics but hopefully =
there is some way of modifyng the fle type. The purpose of this is to =
create a training manual which will be used first by windows users and =
then if all goes well, linux users.

Charlie

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contain only text, so I think it hassomething to do with how Open office =
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