> > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:37:54 +0800 > From: Bob Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: WORD... DO a SAVE AS...! > > Good Morning, > > It seems it is time to highlight again the need to do a "SAVE AS " > different name when using older or corrected WORD documents. > > This theme appeared on WAMUG some time ago but it is obvious > it is still a current topic. > > FOR your own enlightenment , on an older word document, > check the file size and then do a "SAVE AS " on a different name > and see the size of the new document. > > It is part of Word process to keep all the alterations mistakes etc in the > file, > but will drop them off when you do that " SAVE AS ". > > By the way, if space is an issue, SAVE AS an older version of WORD > and then check the file size. > It is very educational. > > Have fun > > Bob
I agree in principle Bob, but this did not work for me. I have been working recently on documents that hadn't been touched since last December. One or two played up badly then, Tried the "save as" trick and used the same name (I think). Then last week, the nightmare started again with the same series of docs. As I said, the only way forward was to save as TEXT ONLY and re-do all the formatting as before. This might not be quite what you are talking about because when it happens I get horrible screen effects ( ghosts, spaces where windows were etc, and extreme slowness) . Now if I look in the document list window and find anything that has a K size not commensurate with what I expect, well, I know what to expect! Bill
