In Outlook 2013 when you start a new task and paste any image in the notes section it appears Outlook converts the image to some kind of uncompressed PNG file. The behavior is completely different than E-mails. I can paste an image into a task and have that
Task's file size be 2mb. If I paste the same image into an email and save it as a draft it comes up at 100kb.
The image being pasted in can be from a screen capture (alt+print screen), the snipping tool, greenshot (a snipping tool alternative), or even just copied and pasted a jpg from a website. It doesn't seem to really matter.
Is there any way to stop this behavior? We use shared tasks extensively and our tasks folder sizes have gotten completely out of control. If a task has 4-5 screenshots it easily goes over 25mb. 10 of these a day, 5 days a week and we are putting on a Gb every week per user.
I'm having a hard time tracking down an older computer with Outlook 2010 but as best as I can tell this is new with Outlook 2013.