Note: The steps to turn off picture compression are different in Outlook. To turn off compression for pictures you have added to a message, see the Outlook instructions below. Turn off compression in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. Click File Options. In the Options box, click Advanced. In the list at Image Size and Quality, do one of the following.
(This example shows the options in Word.). Ignore the drop-down list to select your current document by default. Click the list arrow and select the file that you want to turn off picture compression for. Choose All New Documents (applies to Word only) to turn off picture compression on all future documents. Under Image Size and Quality, select the Do not compress images in file check box. This setting applies to only the document that you selected in the Image Size and Quality list, unless you also select All New Documents.
Click the Format Picture tab, and then click Compress. If your document is saved in the older.doc file format, the Compress button will not be available on the Format Picture tab. To use the compress options, save your document in the newer.docx file format.
To compress an individual picture or set other picture quality or resolution options, see. Turn off compression in Outlook The option to turn off picture compression in Outlook is available only after you have added a picture to an email message as an attachment.
In the email message to which you have attached a picture, click File Info. Under Image Attachments at the top, select Do not resize images.
Choose settings in the Compression Options area:. Automatically Perform Basic Compression On Save - Select this check box if you want Word to use its normal compression whenever you save the document.
This compression retains high quality but minimizes bloat. Delete Cropped Areas Of Pictures - Select this check box if you want Word to get rid of any parts you crop off pictures.
If you clear this check box, Word merely hides the 'cropped' parts. This hiding is good if you want to be able to restore the cropped parts, but it's bad for file size, and it may also have security implications (for example, a customer may be able to restore a part of a graphic that you had intended to crop off a document). In the Target Output area, select the Print (220 ppi) option button, the Screen (150 ppi) option button, or the E-mail (96 ppi) option button to tell Word what picture quality you need ( ppi is pixels per inch, and a higher number indicates higher quality). If you're not sure, use the Print setting - you can always reduce it later, but you can't restore information if you choose a lower setting. Click the OK button.
Word closes the Compression Settings dialog box and displays the Compress Pictures dialog box. Click the OK button. Word compresses the pictures in the document.