Microsoft office applications are widely used for commercial and personal purposes, and in many cases, you need to share the related files with your friends, coworkers, or customers. If the output file is large, its distribution might be a problem, if you plan to enclose it to the email message as attachment. You can definitely archive the file or compress it to a different format, like PDF, but it might not be a best option. Free online services from PocoDoc allow shrinking the Office files, while retaining the original file formats. In some cases, the service claims that a compression of up to 95% can be achieved.
Formats
The following formats are supported:
The following formats are supported:
- PowerPoint: PPT and PPTx
- Word: DOC and DOCx
- Excel: XLS and XLSx
- PDF: Portable Document Format
How it works?
- Upload your file to the PocoDoc web site. Besides navigating to the file you are planning to shrink, you also need to provide your email address and point out on the level of compression you would like to achieve. You can choose from 20 different compression levels, taking in an account that more compression means certain quality lost.
- Your shrunken file gets returned to you by email, so you need to ensure that the compressed file is small enough to be attached to the email and to be accepted by your email provider.
Note that the service initially only accepted original files of 20 MB or smaller for this operation. This limitation might be already removed since the disclaimer on the maximum files size of 20 MB disappeared recently from the website.
The idea is interesting, and the offered solution might be quite useful. I am going to give it a try…
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