Versioning file bloat

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Bruce Rusk

I am curious about the increase in file size created by saving multiple
versions. I had three separate copies of a document and tried to combine
them into a single file, saving each as a distinct version. Each file (text
only, no graphics, embedded fonts, tracked changes, comments, etc.) was
about 280 KB. A saved version, with three older versions included in it, was
about 2.8 MB. Is this normal behavior (the single file with multiple
versions being more than twice the size of each version saved separately)?
Or is there something I could do to make the file more reasonably sized?
 
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Herb Tyson [MVP]

I don't see that kind of behavior here. Among other things... make sure
that Tools - Options - Save - Allow Fast Saves is NOT enabled. Does that
reduce any of the bloat?
 
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Bruce Rusk

Thanks, but fast saves were off...


Herb Tyson said:
I don't see that kind of behavior here. Among other things... make sure
that Tools - Options - Save - Allow Fast Saves is NOT enabled. Does that
reduce any of the bloat?
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