Daily Reviews Team, 2002-02-19 01:10:10

     Most Microsoft applications demand lots of system resources when running, and output huge files that couldn't be emailed quite easily. MS Word is not the exception to the rule, creating 19 KB documents containing a single letter, while miltipage documents can be up to 2 MB - a good few minutes to receive or send on a standard Internet connection and a chunk of space on your hard drive. Compression tools sometimes just don't do, as the person you send the document to might not have one, but he or she is sure to have Word itself. Help is on the way - PackWord.
     PackWord is a small utility that lets you compress Word documents to 1/6 of its original size. The tool does not require installation and has no interface of its own. When run, it lets you pick a document from your local drives to compress. Having done its work, it reports on it, telling you the sizes of the original and compressed documents. Results may vary from 1/2 to 1/6 of the initial file size.
     The good thing about PackWord is that you only have to use it to compress documents - the person you send it to needs only Word. The tool uses a macro that expands the original document when you open the compressed file in Word. Download this free tool today and check it out yourself.