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For instance imagine we import a picture into word which is approximately 1 Megabyte in size on disk and 2514 x 1686 pixels in size on screen.
Right clicking click on the image and selecting format pictureselect 'Format Picture', then selecting the size tab will reveal that this has already be been reduced in size on screen to 22% of its original size.
However when this word document is saved, you will see that the files is still over 1 Megabyte in size.
Microsoft Office 2013 has a system to compress images built into it. You should notice that when you select the image on screen a new Ribbon option appears labelled Picture Tools – Format
With the image selected click the Compress picture icon button shown below:
Clicking this button should bring up the following screen:
Now, depending on what the purpose of the document is, you can select the Print option for a print document or the Web/Screen option if you are doing a PowerPoint presentation.
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