Saving Documents with no changes causes file size to increase

[Chris Taylor]

When saving documents, the document begins growing in size
even when no changes occur. For example, I save a
document, check Properties, close Properties dialog, click
around document with no edits, save document, check
Properties dialog and then document has increased in size.

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Chris,

Here are common items that can bloat a file:

1) Fast Saves (Tools/Options/Save)
2) Preview Picture (File/Properties)
3) Versions (File/Versions) Make sure "Automatically save version on
close" is not turned on
4) Revisions (Tools/Track Changes)
Highlight Changes: Make sure "Highlight changes on screen is
turned on"
Accept/Reject Changes: If "Accept All" or "Reject All" is
available then revisions are present.
5) Embedded True Type fonts (Tools/Options/Save)

If all of the above check out then try creating a new document and use
Insert/File and insert the contents of your document

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