> Graham,
> this resolution is ridiculously simple.
> My document is now down to <1 Mb, even less than when I first started.
> BUT, why does this happen? What type of garbage is being stored in
> the document to make it grow like that?
> Thank you! Thank you!
> . . . / DALE
>
> "Graham Mayor" wrote:
>
>> You could start by making a copy of your document, then using that
>> as a basis, create a new document based on the same template, then
>> copy and paste all but the last paragraph mark from the copy into
>> the new document and save that. If you have multiple sections in
>> your document, it may be worth copying each section separately,
>> without the section break, and re-add the section break. If you have
>> 'versions' turned on turn it off. If you have illustrations, link
>> them instead of embedding them.
>>
>> There is no autosave in Word - only autosave recovery information.
>> If you want something more reliable, see
>>
http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm and
>>
http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm>>
>> --
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>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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>>
>> PurpleChrome wrote:
>>> Word 2003:
>>> My original document started out at 88 pages and just under 9Mb.
>>> This is a living document and is being updated, added to or deleted
>>> from on a regular basis. The document is a policy & standards
>>> manual. My document is now over 20Mb in size, taking longer to
>>> load, longer pauses for auto-save, etc.
>>>
>>> The number of pages has actually decreased from 88 to 84 over the
>>> past year.
>>>
>>> Why is this happening? Is there junk in the doc that I can get rid
>>> of? If so how?
>>> How much more disk space is it going to use over the next few years
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> . . . / DALE