Re: MS word--space hog

Subject: Re: MS word--space hog
From: Stephen Forrest <techwriter -at- IBM -dot- NET>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 16:41:55 GMT

At 02:20 PM 7/25/97 -0700, Buck Buchanan wrote:
>Nora Merhar wrote:
>>
>> Not too long ago, somebody posted a method for making MS Word
>> documents smaller. I have searched the archives, and can't find the
>> discussion--guess I haven't hit on the right combination of keywords.
>> Could someone send me the info again?
>
>If I remember correctly, I believe that they said:
>
>MSWord documents continue to grow if QUICK SAVE/FAST SAVE option is
>selected.

That is correct. I believe the option is actually called ALLOW FAST SAVES.
With this turned on, the autosave appends changes to the file rather than
doing a full save. (I don't know how it does this.) However, there's a
peculiar consequence that really threw me until I figured it out. Every once
in a while, the fast save limit is exceeded and a full save is performed
automatically. When this happens, the file size shrinks dramatically! I
first noticed it when I did my daily backup and my file was about 2/3 the
size it had been the day before. I was a little worried for a while, but it
turned out to be normal.

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