re: Absurd large excel and powerpoint files Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 12:05 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jerry (57 messages posted) I have a program that does the same thing. The manual explains that any changes you make (modifying a graph, adjusting a page layout, deleting photos and text, etc.) are all actually retained in the file even if they are no longer used. To purge the file of all non-relevant data select SAVE AS and enter the same or a new filename. I think this could explain the behavior of your program too. 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) Responses to this message: re: Absurd large excel and powerpoint files (Phil B.: Friday, October 11, 2002 at 2:18 am) 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