File Size Increase Opening Word 1.x/2.0 Files into Word 6.0 |
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When a Word version 1.x or 2.x for Windows document is opened in Word version 6.0 for Windows, the file size may increase significantly.
When editing a Word 1.x or 2.x format document, Word 6.0 may reserve more disk space for the document than is actually necessary. If Word is configured to allow Fast Save, disk space is not reallocated, and the file size therefore increases when you save the document in Word 6.0 format.
If you have opened a Word 1.x or 2.0 format document and the file size increases significantly after saving the document in Word 6.0, complete the following steps:
When a Word version 1.x or 2.x for Windows document is opened in Word
version 6.0 for Windows and is fully saved, a one-time file size increase
of approximately 4-8K should occur. The internal file allocation table used
by Word 6.0 accounts for 2-4K of this increase. The remainder is accounted
for by other elements of the new Word 6.0 file format.
Word 6.0 is based on the object-oriented "Docfile" format which is defined
by the object linking and embedding (OLE) 2.0 specification. This format
allows for the implementation of OLE processes. In this format, objects are
saved in "data streams" separate from the main application file stream
(similar in concept to subdirectories in the MS-DOS file model).
When you open a Word 1.x or 2.0 document into Word 6.0, the Save Native
Picture Formats Only option is automatically activated, and the Embed
TrueType Fonts option is automatically deactivated, regardless of prior
settings. Therefore, unless you change these options after opening a Word
1.x or 2.x document, they should have no affect on file size when
you subsequently save a document in Word 6.0 format.
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