Insert Picture from File increases Excel File Size more than the picture you inserting - WHY????

[neib188]

I am putting together a price list in excel and using images and hyperlinks to jazz it up a bit - what I am finding is that if I insert a 25KB GIF image, the excel file grows in size by over 100KB - why is this disproportionate growth happening and is there a way around it - I dont want my Price List growing too large but need the images....?

 

[kgkev]

can you create the sheet to a PDF before sending it?

Or does it need to be editable?

 

[neib188]

2003 SP 3 on XP machine....

 

[neib188]

2003 SP3 on XP machine ...

 

[neib188]

It does not need to be editable (in fact I am locking it down) but there are URL links to other sheets within the workbook - I dont have Acrobat Writer.....

 

[Willem!]

You can make free pdf's with this free (and legal) software:

http://www.cutepdf.com/

 

[kgkev]

I was about to post the same link!!

 

[kgkev]

URLs remain clickable as well - Just tested

Without any watermarks as well

 

[neib188]

The layout and size of the spreadsheet does not really lend itself to be a PDF doc - it's difficult to explain why but it just doesn't......