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Compressing pictures in a Microsoft word document

These days organizations and institutions rely much on evidence based data. Which means every activity carried out has to end with a written report. Keep in mind, a very good report has a couple of pictures in it.  Now that we have established a few facts, the major focus of this article, lies on the pictures. A picture could be more than 30MB depending on quality and the device used to capture the event. For instance, lets assume this event to have over 10 pictures to be included in a report. This barely tells us our document could be more than 300MB. A word document weighing 300MB lol. This is very problematic, because at this point, one won't be able to email this report. What is needed here is some simple compression. The pictures need to be compressed during the time the report is being edited or formatted. Lucky enough this is nothing close to rocket science, and there's totally no need to clutter your computer with so many photo editor applications. You would be surprise...

Back it Up!

The Backup Manifesto: Why Your Digital Life Depends on This Simple Habit A Cautionary Tale That Changed My Perspective Last month, a client walked into my repair shop with trembling hands. Her laptop containing 2 years of Ph.D. research had just died. As I examined it, I saw that dreaded look - the BIOS couldn't even recognize the drive anymore. The worst part? Her last backup was from 2014. That moment cemented my belief:  backups aren't optional; they're digital life insurance. Why "I'll Do It Later" Is the Most Dangerous Lie We Tell Ourselves Through years of data recovery work, I've observed: 92%  of people think about backups only  after  losing data The average user loses  3,214 files  in their first major data loss 47%  of data loss comes from hardware failure (not viruses or theft) The Psychological Trap We all suffer from: Optimism bias  ("It won't happen to me") Present focus  ("I'm too busy right now") Complexity avoi...