atw: Re: Hello everyone! Word template bloat problem

In the past I have found that a File > Save As will occasionally help with
this issue. Wish I knew why!

Kind regards,
Amitee


2009/2/19 Lewington, Warren J (WT) <warren.lewington.ext@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>  I have a selection of three virtually content-identical templates, and I
> have just noticed a bloat issue, one is at 10,191 kb while the other two are
> each within a poofteenth of 3,360 kb.
>
> The 10,000 kb template did cause a crash overnight which infuriated me this
> morning when I tried to open a (naturally) urgently required document. Well,
> that is fixed but I am curious why the bloat is so pronounced… Only a few
> seemingly minor style alterations were made yesterday, so I 'dunno'. Note
> also that the size issue is dating back some time, which is curious. The
> damn thing is otherwise obviously clean to me. Anyway.
>
> Wondering if a couple of you wouldn't mind giving me a list of things to
> check - I am having a bit of a rough week (limited sleep), with a bad
> temper, and very very short on patience; so some hints from you all would be
> gratefully appreciated.
>
> I have checked:
> Main document title page image - no effect removing it.
> Styles are "char" corruption free.
> Styles are fairly limited, maybe a dozen custom styles outside Word's basic
> set - and all styles are properly crafted to my needs.
>
> No content in any document is unlinked to a source template style (I don't
> do in-document formatting).
> One proprietary Siemens font used throughout all the templates, and in
> hundreds of other documents safely.
> Basic custom template toolbar operations are linked to styles and some
> autotext insertions as well as a couple of (tried and well used) macros.
>
> Minimal document automation.
> No complex macros.
>
> Anyone able to present me with some ideas please?
>
> Oh, Word 2003 for this issue too.
>
> Thanks in anticipation etc etc and regards,
>
> Warren Lewington
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> Memcor Products Asia
> Siemens Water Technologies
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