Hi all...

I have been using Excel 2000 for awhile now, and have what seems to be an unusual situation, not really a problem....

Take any 100k Excel .xls file. If I add a 900k .jpg picture, and save it, the file size is 1 megabyte. No biggie, right? But if I right click on the picture, select CUT, and then PASTE SPECIAL, and paste it as a PICTURE (.jpg), then save it, the file size goes way down to a much more reasonable 150k. And I don't notice any degradation of the the picture quality. Am I missing something here? Is Excel somehow initially interpreting the .jpg differently?

Note that this is just an example. It happens to me with ANY size Excel file or .jpg picture.