Reducing Access database size

Question

I have an Access database, and it is 14 Mb!

I really want to reduce the size as I takes a minute to download from the server.

I've embedded images as backgrounds on the forms. However, converting the JPG to PNG or GIF doesn't seem to reduce the file size at all.

Compacting also doesn't do much.

Please advise if anyone knows how to reduce the file size significantly

Thanks!!

Answer 1

The answer is simple: Move the pictures off the database to separate files.

That said, 14 MB isn't really that much for an Access database.