If you want to reduce the file size of a Microsoft Word document for easier sharing or saving disk space, compressing the images it contains will be enough.
Before moving on, Please note that this feature is only enabled on desktop versions of Office.
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Compress pictures in Word on Windows
On a Windows machine, open the Microsoft Word document that contains the images you want to compress and then select a photo.
Go to the tab “Picture format”. In the group “Adjust”, click on “Compress images”.
In the window that appears, you can choose whether to have the compression applied only to the image you selected in “Compression options”.
If you uncheck this option, Word will compress all the images in the document.
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On “Resolution”, select the resolution you want to use and then click “To accept”.
Your document images will now be compressed.
Compress images in Word on a Mac
On a mac, open the word document containing the images you want to compress and select a photo. Click on “Compress images” in the tab “Picture format”.
In the dialog box that appears, Watermark “Image quality” that you want to use in the drop-down menu. After, select whether to apply compression to all images in the document or just the one you selected. You can also choose to erase areas of previously cropped images.
After making your selections, click on “To accept”.
Your document images will now be compressed.
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