Microsoft Word help yo!

Gustov · 14 Jul 2011 at 22:55

Hi guys,

I want to send a document via e-mail but unfortunately the attachment is too big. (49.5MB) The limit is 25MB. Is there any way of getting around this aside from hosting it / splitting the document in two?

thanks!

Gustov

6thElement · 14 Jul 2011 at 22:59

zip it and split the archive into multiple files.

Gustov · 14 Jul 2011 at 22:59

Won't I still be sending more than 1 file that way though?

UncleRuckus · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:01

You could upload the file in a password protected zip; then in the email give the password along with the link?

RomanNose · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:01

What is setting the limit ? You could try a different email client.

Number_25 · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:02

Gustov said:
Won't I still be sending more than 1 file that way though?

Yes?

If its Gmail, upload it to Google Docs and make it public or viewable to a specific person/s.

Gustov · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:02

Want it to be as easy as possible for them tbh. Is there not a format i can save it in that compresses it? No software online that can make the file size smaller?

Gustov · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:05

Number_25 said:
Yes?

If its Gmail, upload it to Google Docs and make it public or viewable to a specific person/s.

Perfect! Thanks mate

chaosdestro0 said:
What is setting the limit ? You could try a different email client.

25MB is the limit on g-mail.

mistercrabb · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:06

Gustov said:
Want it to be as easy as possible for them tbh. Is there not a format i can save it in that compresses it? No software online that can make the file size smaller?

Depends on the document, and whether it is easily compressible or not. I would try 7zip, but I'm guessing the other person won't know how to use that?

Viper² · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:07

Compress some of your images?

Xelene · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:09

pdf it?

Gustov · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:10

sldsmkd said:
pdf it?

Will only make it larger.

manic111 · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:41

Dropbox it.

Morba · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:46

Try 7zip, I find that compresses more than normal zip.

The_Abyss · 14 Jul 2011 at 23:58

manic111 said:
Dropbox it.

Darg · 15 Jul 2011 at 00:07

Viper² said:
Compress some of your images?

This tbh, if it's image heavy chances are you've scaled images in the document from a larger size down. Word tends to keep the original resolution image in the file in case you want to print at a high dpi or rescale the image up at a later date.

Try taking some of the originally large images and resizing them to a smaller size while still keeping the same quality in something like photoshop or paint.

Xelene · 15 Jul 2011 at 00:09

fax it

sHo0sH · 15 Jul 2011 at 00:25

As previously said, if its image heavy, change the images, you can do this with a couple of clicks for all the images depending on the version of word you are using, it will take it down to less than 1mb

bledd · 15 Jul 2011 at 00:27

Morba said:
Try 7zip, I find that compresses more than normal zip.

This

Use 7zip, but still in Zip mode (ultra)

Windows can still open it

Is it full of bitmaps or something, that's huge for word..

pieplough · 15 Jul 2011 at 00:27

sldsmkd said:
fax it

Ha, I lolled

Google docs fo sho.