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.

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.

In the above example, we can see Fonts account for the majority of the size.

What content is not reduced?

Follow the links below for help with specific or difficult content:

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.

Need deeper analysis?

Our Wordwise add-in goes even further by linking large content directly to its location in the document, helping you fix issues much faster.

Open your Word file and launch Wordwise to see a full index of your file's content alongside individual file sizes. For instance, in the example below, you can quickly identify two 3D models using nearly 88 MB. Expanding the tree view allows you to double-click any model to jump straight to it in Word.

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.