Word document is too large to email

This hasn't happened before but I am not able to send a word doc. The error message says it can't send over 25MB, help please.


andrea



iMac, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jun 24, 2022 1:41 PM

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Posted on Jun 24, 2022 1:51 PM

Your ISP has invoked a limitation on your outgoing email attachment size. Open that Word document in MS Word and on the File menu, use Reduce File Size… and save to a new document. Compare the sizes, and if the difference is significant, try emailing the revised document.


An alternative might also be to open that Word document in LibreOffice Writer and resave it. I just did that with a 311KB Word document saved from Word v16.62, and the resulting file saved from LibreOffice was 201 KB.

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Jun 24, 2022 1:51 PM in response to AnnieNakee

Your ISP has invoked a limitation on your outgoing email attachment size. Open that Word document in MS Word and on the File menu, use Reduce File Size… and save to a new document. Compare the sizes, and if the difference is significant, try emailing the revised document.


An alternative might also be to open that Word document in LibreOffice Writer and resave it. I just did that with a 311KB Word document saved from Word v16.62, and the resulting file saved from LibreOffice was 201 KB.

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