re: Absurd large excel and powerpoint files Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 4:28 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Michael (2800 messages posted) It shouldn't be a virus as the virus would probably move with the file. I'm not sure why the file size is different between two PC's, but Microsoft Office files are notoriously bloated, so there is probably very little you can do about the huge file size. On Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 2:20 am, Phil B. wrote: >My computer is creating extremely large excel files (20Mb). It does have about 20.000 >lines and a pivot table, but it still seems a bit too large for an excel file. > >Also I've been working on a powerpoint file that began getting too large, although >I didn't add any more slides. It is now at 8.500Kb. Strange thing is that if I open >it on another computer, and save it without making any changes, it shrinks to about >7.300Kb. > >The same thing happens to the excel file, shrinking it to about 17Mb. > >Does this have to do with configuration or is it a virus? Thanks for your attention! Written in response to: Absurd large excel and powerpoint files (Phil B.: Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 2:20 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Absurd large excel and powerpoint files (Phil B.: Thu, Oct 10, 2002, 2:20 am) re: Absurd large excel and powerpoint files (Michael: Thu, Oct 10, 2002, 4:28 am) re: Absurd large excel and powerpoint files (jerry: Thu, Oct 10, 2002, 12:05 pm) re: Absurd large excel and powerpoint files (Phil B.: Fri, Oct 11, 2002, 2:18 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum