NACHO

Normalise, Adjust, Compress, Hand Over. A free app for Windows and Linux.

Google Docs gets slow when it is full of big photos. NACHO makes pictures smaller so they look the same on the page but take a fraction of the space.

Shrink a whole Google Doc, keep the original safe

Choose a Doc in Google's own file picker. NACHO checks every picture first and shows what it would do. Then, by default, it puts the smaller pictures into a new copy of the Doc, in the same Drive folder, so your original stays exactly as it is. Each picture keeps its place, size and wrapping. If you prefer, NACHO can change the Doc itself instead, keeping its link, comments, sharing and version history.

A real 410-page book with 251 photos went from 524 MB to 39 MB.

New in 0.12.0: Word files too. The same steps for a .docx on your computer or in Google Drive: a smaller copy next to the original by default, or the file itself, with the original saved first and a Restore original button.

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How it looks

Screenshots from NACHO's own self-test, with a sample Doc and a test account.

NACHO start screen: Pictures and PDFs on the left, A whole document on the right with three steps, Choose a Google Doc and Choose a Word file — NACHO opens with both ways in: single pictures and PDFs, or a whole document (a Google Doc or a Word file).

Step 3, Decide: the Doc's pictures go from 19.1 MB to 587 KB; choose Into a new copy (recommended) or Into this Doc — Step 3: see the size before and after, then choose where the smaller pictures go. Nothing in Google has changed yet.

Step 5, Done: Your smaller copy is ready, 96% smaller; the original is marked not touched — Step 5: the smaller copy is ready and the original is not touched.

Word file, step 3: the file gets 96% smaller; Into this file selected, the original is saved first — A Word file, step 3: a new copy next to the original, or the file itself with the original saved first.

Word file, step 5: Team handbook.docx is smaller, with Restore original — Step 5: the file is smaller, and Restore original puts the old one back.

NACHO results: each picture as a card with the old size struck through and the new size, with a page-fit preview — Single pictures and PDFs: smaller copies, the original never changes.

Single pictures: drop a photo or screenshot on NACHO and it makes a small, Docs-ready copy. Your original file is never changed.
Word files: every picture inside is shrunk at once, on your computer or in Google Drive.
PDFs: pictures sharper than needed are scaled down; text, links and forms stay.
English, Spanish and Hungarian.

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How NACHO uses your Google account

Only when you use "Shrink a Google Doc" or choose a Word file in Google Drive. You sign in with Google in your browser and choose the Doc in Google's own file picker. NACHO can then open only the Docs and files you choose (and the temporary files it creates itself). It cannot see any other file in your Drive or any other Doc.

The pictures are made smaller on your own computer and put into a copy of the Doc that Google makes in your Drive (or into the Doc itself, if you choose). Nothing is sent anywhere else. Details: privacy policy.