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Subject:Re: Is Microsoft Word a hog? From:Richard Yanowitz <ryanowit -at- NYCT -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:45:20 -0400
At 12:15 PM 6/19/97 -0500, Dave Whelan wrote:
>Carl asked: Anyone else have any solutions (for reducing MS files)
>
When shipping the (yes, huge) files, I zip them first: they
reduce down enormously (99%?).
Richard Yanowitz, NYC
ryanowitz -at- bigfoot -dot- com
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