Last update: March 3, 2026
Why is the DOCX file not reduced?
Select View details on any current MS Office or PDF file in NXPowerLite, to see a size audit of the content inside and what might be preventing further reduction.
In this example, we can see Fonts account for the majority of the size. Once you know what content is not being compressed, you can address it using the help links below.
What content is still large?
Content is organized by size, with the largest items listed first. The number of items are indicated in parenthesis, for example, Embedded objects (1) = one embedded object.
Images
Most images will compress well with NXPowerLite. However, check What if the images don’t compress enough? to learn how to tackle EMF files and images with artistic effects in Word.
Fonts
View our options for tackling font file sizes in Word.
Embedded objects
Try the Strong Compression profile in NXPowerLite, which can compress some embedded objects.
Or, click here to read our advice for reducing the size of embedded objects in your Word document.
Don’t see view details?
If you don’t see the View details feature in your version of NXPowerLite, you probably need to update to NXPowerLite Desktop 11.
One final thing to check…
Sizes are listed in KB in NXPowerLite, anything below 1,000 KB (1 MB) is reasonably small and should be easily transferred by email. Most email caps have risen to 5 - 10 MB even in restricted scenarios, although there are still some areas where the limits are much tighter.
If you come across anything else in a document that is making it too big and you can’t fix it - then please contact us - we love hearing about new content that is causing size issues in Word and we might be able to help.
Finally a reminder that our Word add-in will show you why your documents are so big. Join the waitlist to be notified when it's ready!