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File sizes are a limiting factor in most Internet presentations. A page of text takes very little file space. A page with an image of a cover added to the text takes much more file space. A page that is presented entirely as an image takes even more file space.
The example below, entitled: "19TH Century Brandon Post Office Postmarks" was developed as follows:
1. The original exhibit was produced as a WORD document, with covers added to WORD pages using corner-holders.
2. Each exhibit page was put in a scanner and just the images scanned and saved as separate image files (this takes a couple of minutes). Be sure to save your .jpg images at about "half strength" - this greatly reduces file sizes but the human eye cannot easily discern that loss of quality.
3. Returning to the original WORD file (which includes text but not the covers), each image was added using the "Insert" command (this takes less than a minute).
4. Process was repeated for all 16 pages (an hour, maybe), thus producing a new WORD file.
5. A title page and the Synopsis were added to the front of the new WORD file. In this case the file size totalled over 23 MB, much too large for Internet presentation.
6. The file was converted to an Acrobat .pdf file, which is about 1.5 MB in size. This was done using Adobe Acrobat but .pdf files can also be made from some word processors or with inexpensive software.
7. If #6 is impossible, then owners can consult the webmaster about the option of mailing the file achieved at step #5 on a CD or DVD. The webmaster will convert it to .pdf format. Please DO NOT send material without prior consultation.
Owners might be tempted to just scan their exhibit pages and convert them to .pdf. This is much easier but produces much larger files because all of every page is now an image. However, one can try this and see what file size results. 
