[Solved] Photo sizing for large (Writer) documents?

[Kaze]

I'm having problems with slow response times, saving, opening, with large (Writer) documents that have many photos inserted. These are several hundred page diary/journal entries. I assume that the trouble is being caused by image size rather than document size. I think I assumed that images where automatically resized when shrunk down to 2x2 inches in the document ... is that not the case?

TL;DR...
In your guys' experience, do you think I have to resize every single photo I want to put into my journal? I tend to go with 2x2 or 1.5 x 3 per image in a document, but the originals are generally large.

And yes, I have considered using a dedicated journal program, but I like and trust Writer, and I'll keep using it when possible.

(Edited)

[Hagar Delest]

AOO/LO do not resize the pictures. They are kept in their initial resolution.
Indeed, you need to resize them before you insert them.
See: [Tutorial] Some useful hints on using images.

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