Free online PDF tool

Shrink Word

Makes a Word document (.docx) smaller by repacking the file, storing identical pictures once and, if you choose, re-encoding the JPEG and PNG pictures at the size they are shown. Text, styles, tables, headers and footers, footnotes, links, fields, comments and tracked changes are copied exactly as they are. A saving is not promised: a document without pictures often shrinks very little, and if the result is not smaller you get your original back. Picture compression loses some detail; the lossless level changes no picture. Macro-enabled, signed, password-protected and legacy .doc files are not supported. Compression needs a server, so the file is sent over an encrypted connection and the copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back, unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

Drop a Word file here
Make a .docx document smaller without changing its text.

What it does

Shrink Word, at a glance.

  • Repack the document and store identical pictures once
  • Optionally shrink JPEG and PNG pictures to the size they are shown at
  • Show the real size before and after, and return the original if nothing got smaller

This tool needs a server. The file is sent over an encrypted connection, processed, and the copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back — unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

Step by step

How to compress a Word document

  1. Open the .docx document you want to make smaller.
  2. Choose a level: Lossless changes no picture; Balanced and Strong also re-encode pictures.
  3. Compress, check the before and after sizes, then download the result.

Questions

Shrink Word: questions and answers

Yes. Compressing a document needs a server, so the file is sent over an encrypted connection. The copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back, unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

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