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Subject:Re: MS Word Bloat From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:Susan Kirsch <susan -at- virtualcyber -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:51:46 -0600
Check Tools/Options and see if you have auto save or fast save selected. If you
do, turn them off! Probably ought to disable auto recovery, too, if it's
enabled. I've not found it worth while to use; usually you end up with a
corrupted document.
HTH
Jo Byrd
Susan Kirsch wrote:
> I am writing a doc in Word that jumped from 200KB to 9MB. This doc has one
> graphic. What is the deal?
> I know that I knew this once, but I can't recall it from the haze.
>
> Incidentally, I copied and pasted all but the last paragraph mark, so it is
> back to bantam weight again. But I am under a huge deadline and would like to
> change whatever setting is causing this sudden weight gain.
>
> TIA
> Susan Kirsch
> Virtual Cyber Systems
> Tempe, AZ
>
