Problems Shrinking File Size

Hi, I'm using Elements 7 and I've got JPEGs from my Canon G12 with an original file size of approx 1.5 MB. I'd like to post some of these on a website with a file size limit of 150 KB.
My current method (and the only one I know of) is to do the following:
File
Save As
and then slide the quality slider to the left until the file size indicator reads  below a 150 KB. Some of my images will not go below 150 KB without radical cropping. Apart from setting the camera to take less detailed images to start with, is there anything else I can do to shrink my images for web publication.
Tim

You could use File->Save For Web, which pretty much does the same thing. With File->Save for Web, you can also reduce the number of pixels in your image (not cropping, but shrinking the photo) which might get you the results you want.
But those are the only methods.

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