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Subject:Re: Ever expanding word docs? From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 08 May 2001 22:36:31 -0400
Mark Emson wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a fix for MS Word documents that just keep on growing?
>
> E.g. you create a document and save it. Its size is 100K
> Later, you open the doc again, add something and the size increases to 105K.
> Later still you decide to take the addition out and stick with the first
> draft but when you save it, it has grown again to 110K. WHYYYYYY!
>
> I've just reduced a 2000K file down to 190k by cutting and pasting it to
> notepad, back into word and then re-applying the chosen styles.
> Similarly if I copy the doc and then past it into a new blank template the
> file size reduces by a few K. It carries on shrinking each time the action
> is carried out.
>
> Is there a simple fix to stop this multiplication of nothing? I haven't
> tried it yet but I assume that if you keep on adding, saving, taking away,
> saving, adding, saving etc, you could have a completely blank document that
> doesn't contain any text at all!
>
> Any advice gratefully received.
One the the major causes of bloat is saving of multiple versions. This
can be defeated by the old, x insert trick.
Open a new document, type "x" and delete it.
Then do a file insert and save the new document under the name of the
doc you just inserted.
Also, follow the others advice, its all good, including turning off fast
saves.
HTH
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Peter
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