Why use SnapFetch
- Recompresses embedded images at your chosen level - text and formatting are untouched
- See the real estimated file size for each level before you download
- Works with .docx files of any length
How it works
- 1
Choose or drag in a .docx file
- 2
Pick a compression level and check the estimated new size
- 3
Click Compress
- 4
Download your smaller document - files are deleted from our servers after 1 hour
When to use Compress Word
For a document that ballooned because someone pasted in full-resolution photos or screenshots. The images are recompressed and the text is left exactly as it was, so the file stays editable in Word. If the document is mostly text, it is already small and there is nothing meaningful to recover.
Specifications & limits
- Accepted input
- DOC and DOCX
- Quality levels
- Basic (JPEG quality 85), Moderate (60, the default), Strong (30)
- What is compressed
- Embedded images only - text, styles and structure are untouched
- Still editable
- Yes - the output is a normal Word document
- Maximum file size
- 20 MB per upload
- File retention
- Deleted from our servers 1 hour after upload
Troubleshooting
Almost no size difference
The document is mostly text. Compression only has room to work on embedded images.
Images look soft afterwards
Use Basic instead of Strong, which is deliberately aggressive.
The upload is rejected before anything happens
The file is over the 20 MB cap. Compress it first, or split a long PDF into smaller files and process them separately.
References
The published specification for the formats involved, and the open-source software that actually performs this conversion.
- JPEG standards (JPEG committee)
The official home of the JPEG standard and its lossy compression model.
Frequently asked questions
No - only embedded images are recompressed. Everything else in the document is preserved exactly.