Brian, There isn't a yes or no answer to your question. You will have to experiment and each document may have to be reduced a different amount. There are two basic characteristics to be concerned about, resolution (dpi) and compression, make a tradeoff between them. These might be helpful: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsPictures.asp http://www.loc.gov/preserv/guide/guid_a.html Laird
On 12/7/2010 5:46 AM, Brian Lehman wrote: > Thanks for the replies, > Some of my documents,census records downloaded from Acom are almost 2MB > in size, > don't know why they are saved that large. > I do backup to an external drive already,in my "I" drive. So my > "master"copies are there. > > My documents linked to Legacy are on my "C" drive. > If I resize all the linked scans,will it be difficult to read upon > opening the document in Legacy? > Brian > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
