Word Document Size Increase

Does anyone know the reason that a 5MB word document would jump to
13MB document after a few minor changes? The file was originall
around 13MB. When I first saved the doc to my desktop it went fro
13MB to around 5MB. ???? I did a few minor edits and saved after eac
one to monitor the size. It was staying around 5MB for a while but al
of a sudden it jumped to 13MB! There are a few screenshots within th
document, however they are all .gif's. Any thoughts

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richiwatts
Thu Feb 26 10:54:50 CST 2004


This happens a lot when there are images in Word. I use a 3rd party too
while translating and this happens a lot

Turn off autosave while working with the file and this should stop it.

or

Select everything, copy and paste into a new document and this shoul
get rid of all the stuff that Word is saving in the background

Hope this helps.

Rich

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Joseph
Fri Feb 27 02:22:48 CST 2004

Accept revisions (changes) in document! Word keeps all changes (I think) you
made to your document in the event you want to return to an earlier version.
Make a copy of your document (just in case) then go to View Menu, choose
Markup, and click Accept Changes. My experience is limited to ancient Word 6
but accepting tracking changes worked well to reduce our document sizes.
2003 is confusing...so many options...so much power...so much confusion.

"thawfield" <thawfield.129tqb@nospam.WordForums.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know the reason that a 5MB word document would jump to a
> 13MB document after a few minor changes? The file was originally
> around 13MB. When I first saved the doc to my desktop it went from
> 13MB to around 5MB. ???? I did a few minor edits and saved after each
> one to monitor the size. It was staying around 5MB for a while but all
> of a sudden it jumped to 13MB! There are a few screenshots within the
> document, however they are all .gif's. Any thoughts?
>
>
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Suzanne
Fri Feb 27 10:22:19 CST 2004

There are a number of reasons for excessive file size, including:

1. Fast Saves: Disable this at on the Save tab of Tools | Options.

2. Preview Picture: Clear the check box on the Summary tab of 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; accept or reject all changes, then turn Track Changes
off.

5. Embedded True Type fonts (Tools | Options | Save); embedding fonts should
be avoided wherever possible.

6. Embedded graphics: When feasible, it is preferable to link the graphics.

7. Document corruption: See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"thawfield" <thawfield.129tqb@nospam.WordForums.com> wrote in message
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>
> Does anyone know the reason that a 5MB word document would jump to a
> 13MB document after a few minor changes? The file was originally
> around 13MB. When I first saved the doc to my desktop it went from
> 13MB to around 5MB. ???? I did a few minor edits and saved after each
> one to monitor the size. It was staying around 5MB for a while but all
> of a sudden it jumped to 13MB! There are a few screenshots within the
> document, however they are all .gif's. Any thoughts?
>
>
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