Massive Word files

markwalker84 · 17-April-07, 04:16 PM

Has this ever happened to anyone before?

Im writing up my final year project at uni. Bit of beast but something odd just happened.

I added a table!!!!
Now clearly this is a bad thing to do as the file size has just jumped from ~20Mb to 47Mb!!!!!!!

The whole thing is taking about a month and a half to do anything.

Anyone got any idea what causes this to happen? Ive now deleted the table but the file is still 47Mb... which is just silly!

Ive done the whole 'compress pictures' thing... now im out of ideas.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Mark

milosh · 17-April-07, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markwalker84


	Has this ever happened to anyone before? Im writing up my final year project at uni. Bit of beast but something odd just happened. I added a table!!!! Now clearly this is a bad thing to do as the file size has just jumped from ~20Mb to 47Mb!!!!!!! The whole thing is taking about a month and a half to do anything. Anyone got any idea what causes this to happen? Ive now deleted the table but the file is still 47Mb... which is just silly! Ive done the whole 'compress pictures' thing... now im out of ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Mark

It's never happened to me, most of mine stick around 22Kb on their own.
If nothing works, just Ctrl+A and paste it onto a new document, save it, and work from that one.

Unless that file stays 44Kb, then it's something in the formating of the text.

But copying the text should leave you with just text and nothing that Word has left lying around.

Fortran · 17-April-07, 04:43 PM

ok, im a bit confused ....

are we talking kb or mb here ???

in any case, if the file still shows 47, there might be hidden markups

in the document ..... pressing CTRL+A is no good because even if you

paste everything into a new document it'll also paste the hidden stuff ....

(only applies to office document, not windows files)

just open a new document, select the text that you need from your old one

and paste it onto the new one .... save it and watch the file size decrease

markwalker84 · 17-April-07, 04:50 PM

Problem with that is all my headers and footers would be lost...

The file has loads of section breaks with different headers and footers etc etc...

Would be an absolute nightmare to copy it all over

Do you think sitting in the corner and crying will make it work better? lol

Mark

THRiLL KiLL · 17-April-07, 06:12 PM

thats easy.

Word tracking is enabled. Every time you make a change to the document, it is saved in the document.

Press Cntrl + shift + e

I cant remeber how to disable it... but this will bring up the tool bar, and you can see what changes have been made to it.

milosh · 17-April-07, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by THRiLL KiLL


	thats easy. Word tracking is enabled. Every time you make a change to the document, it is saved in the document. Press Cntrl + shift + e I cant remeber how to disable it... but this will bring up the tool bar, and you can see what changes have been made to it.

That's why I suggested copying the text. I didn't assume he had headers and such.

markwalker84 · 17-April-07, 06:31 PM

okie dokie...

Will give that a go first thing tomorrow.

What exactly is word tracking? not heard of that one before.

Off to bed now, but thanks for all the help guys!

Rep all round

Mark

markwalker84 · 18-April-07, 06:35 AM

Weeelllll...

Now i feel a bit stupid...

Just attempted a Ctrl-A, copy and paste and what do you know... it copied all my headers / footers / sections breaks... the lot! Down form 47Mb to about 8Mb... thats better

Im going to make sure word tracking is disabled from now on though...

Thanks again!

Mark

THRiLL KiLL · 18-April-07, 07:51 AM

in some ways word is evil =)

markwalker84 · 18-April-07, 08:09 AM

tell me about it! lol

Mind you i recently discovered the wonders of fully all using the cross referencing / captioning tools - bloody marvelous!

Mark

Zaltan · 18-April-07, 09:20 AM

My A-Level ICT coursework was 400 pages (loads of pictures) and it was 90MB!

Dex · 18-April-07, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaltan


	My A-Level ICT coursework was 400 pages (loads of pictures) and it was 110MB!

Sounds like somebody did a lot more work than me for ICT A-Levels...

I did however produce an 'vlookup' Excel formula which was about 350 characters long

Zaltan · 18-April-07, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dex


	Sounds like somebody did a lot more work than me for ICT A-Levels... I did however produce an 'vlookup' Excel formula which was about 350 characters long

It was actually 90MB... had to make some database and take pictures of everystep of the testing. That section alone was 200 pages. It was worth it my nice A grade.

17-April-07, 04:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
markwalker84 Apex Tech Maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finsbury Park, North London, UK Posts: 884	Massive Word files Has this ever happened to anyone before? Im writing up my final year project at uni. Bit of beast but something odd just happened. I added a table!!!! Now clearly this is a bad thing to do as the file size has just jumped from ~20Mb to 47Mb!!!!!!! The whole thing is taking about a month and a half to do anything. Anyone got any idea what causes this to happen? Ive now deleted the table but the file is still 47Mb... which is just silly! Ive done the whole 'compress pictures' thing... now im out of ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Mark __________________ Project: C.I.A.D - It Begins! Project: OFFSPRING - COMPLETED 22-02-06 Check out my Member review: Medusa 5.1 Surround Headphones Team 596 British Folding Division

17-April-07, 04:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Fortran Apex Tech Maniac Supreme Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Fullerton, CA... (freaking OC..) Useful Posts: 25 Posts: 954	Re: Massive Word files ok, im a bit confused .... are we talking kb or mb here ??? in any case, if the file still shows 47, there might be hidden markups in the document ..... pressing CTRL+A is no good because even if you paste everything into a new document it'll also paste the hidden stuff .... (only applies to office document, not windows files) just open a new document, select the text that you need from your old one and paste it onto the new one .... save it and watch the file size decrease __________________

17-April-07, 04:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
markwalker84 Apex Tech Maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finsbury Park, North London, UK Posts: 884	Re: Massive Word files Problem with that is all my headers and footers would be lost... The file has loads of section breaks with different headers and footers etc etc... Would be an absolute nightmare to copy it all over Do you think sitting in the corner and crying will make it work better? lol Mark __________________ Project: C.I.A.D - It Begins! Project: OFFSPRING - COMPLETED 22-02-06 Check out my Member review: Medusa 5.1 Surround Headphones Team 596 British Folding Division

17-April-07, 06:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,589 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Massive Word files thats easy. Word tracking is enabled. Every time you make a change to the document, it is saved in the document. Press Cntrl + shift + e I cant remeber how to disable it... but this will bring up the tool bar, and you can see what changes have been made to it. __________________ www.xmb-psp.com

17-April-07, 06:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
markwalker84 Apex Tech Maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finsbury Park, North London, UK Posts: 884	Re: Massive Word files okie dokie... Will give that a go first thing tomorrow. What exactly is word tracking? not heard of that one before. Off to bed now, but thanks for all the help guys! Rep all round Mark __________________ Project: C.I.A.D - It Begins! Project: OFFSPRING - COMPLETED 22-02-06 Check out my Member review: Medusa 5.1 Surround Headphones Team 596 British Folding Division

18-April-07, 06:35 AM	#8 (permalink)
markwalker84 Apex Tech Maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finsbury Park, North London, UK Posts: 884	Re: Massive Word files Weeelllll... Now i feel a bit stupid... Just attempted a Ctrl-A, copy and paste and what do you know... it copied all my headers / footers / sections breaks... the lot! Down form 47Mb to about 8Mb... thats better Im going to make sure word tracking is disabled from now on though... Thanks again! Mark __________________ Project: C.I.A.D - It Begins! Project: OFFSPRING - COMPLETED 22-02-06 Check out my Member review: Medusa 5.1 Surround Headphones Team 596 British Folding Division

18-April-07, 07:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,589 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Massive Word files in some ways word is evil =) __________________ www.xmb-psp.com

18-April-07, 08:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
markwalker84 Apex Tech Maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finsbury Park, North London, UK Posts: 884	Re: Massive Word files tell me about it! lol Mind you i recently discovered the wonders of fully all using the cross referencing / captioning tools - bloody marvelous! Mark __________________ Project: C.I.A.D - It Begins! Project: OFFSPRING - COMPLETED 22-02-06 Check out my Member review: Medusa 5.1 Surround Headphones Team 596 British Folding Division

18-April-07, 09:20 AM	#11 (permalink)
Zaltan Apex Tech God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,409	Re: Massive Word files My A-Level ICT coursework was 400 pages (loads of pictures) and it was 90MB! __________________ *E6600 @ 3.6GHz/P5B-Deluxe/TeamXtreem 667MHz 21GB/HD4670** Last edited by Zaltan; 18-April-07 at 09:32 AM.

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