Massive document size

[m-j-l]

I have just spotted that all my invoice documents are getting bigger.
I am in the habit of taking the last one I produce, and making
relevent changes. The oldest I have is around 30kB - which is fine -
but the latest one is over 600kB.

Even if I delete the entire visible content of the document, it is
still over 500kB.

What is Word doing, apart from filling up my hard disk?

Mike

 

[anon k]

I have just spotted that all my invoice documents are getting bigger.
I am in the habit of taking the last one I produce, and making
relevent changes. The oldest I have is around 30kB - which is fine -
but the latest one is over 600kB.

Even if I delete the entire visible content of the document, it is
still over 500kB.

What is Word doing, apart from filling up my hard disk?

Mike

Do you have 'fast save' turned on? (In Tools... Options... Save tab)
In rough terms, 'fast save' appends changes to the end of the file,
instead of writing the whole thing. I've never known it to liberate
enough time to go and do something else.

 

[m-j-l]

Do you have 'fast save' turned on? (In Tools... Options... Save tab)
In rough terms, 'fast save' appends changes to the end of the file,
instead of writing the whole thing. I've never known it to liberate
enough time to go and do something else.

Thanks - I'll check this out tomorrow

 

[m-j-l]

Do you have 'fast save' turned on? (In Tools... Options... Save tab)
In rough terms, 'fast save' appends changes to the end of the file,
instead of writing the whole thing. I've never known it to liberate
enough time to go and do something else.

anon k
thanks, but this wasnt the problem - any one else any ideas??

 

[anon k]

anon k
thanks, but this wasnt the problem - any one else any ideas??

Another idea: do you have "track changes" turned on?

 

[m-j-l]

Another idea: do you have "track changes" turned on?

Thanks for your idea, but no - track changes is off

 

[anon k]

Thanks for your idea, but no - track changes is off

This is puzzling! The next place I'd look is in your macros, and if
that doesn't work, then I'd try looking at your Word docs using a text
editor to try and see what all of the extra material is.

 

[Berend Veldkamp]

I have just spotted that all my invoice documents are getting bigger.
I am in the habit of taking the last one I produce, and making
relevent changes. The oldest I have is around 30kB - which is fine -
but the latest one is over 600kB.

Even if I delete the entire visible content of the document, it is
still over 500kB.

What is Word doing, apart from filling up my hard disk?

Mike

Try to do a "save as" instead of "save" and see if that reduces the
filesize.

Berend

 

[Jim Plumb]

Have you tried doing a "Save As"?

Thanks for your idea, but no - track changes is off

 

[m-j-l]

Have you tried doing a "Save As"?

Yup