Graphic Files Hogging Memory in Word 1

[bsquared18]

I imported a bitmap file into a Word 2000 document. It added about 2 Mb to the file size. So, I replaced the graphic with a .gif version, which is only a few Kbs in size. But when I resaved the file, it retained the bloated size from the first graphic. Resaving the file with a new name didn't help. Anyone have any ideas about (a) why this is happening and (b) how to get the file size down?

Thanks.

 

[MIScoord]

Haven't run into this with Word, but did a while back with a Pagemaker file and never could figure out how to fix it. I eventually just gave up, created a blank file, did a select all/copy in the old file, then pasted everything in the new file. That seemed to do the trick in Pagemaker and it may work in Word.

 

[zipperhead]

Do an -edit -Cut on the object
Then -edit -paste special -Choose picture -OK

Or Try the same as above but paste to a new document