File Size

Using Windows XP and Office 2007

Is there a reason that Publisher files keep growing in size? We have a
weekly bulletin with some static information and some information that
changes from week to week.

On Monday, we open last week's publication, delete the no-longer-relavent
text boxes and pictures, and add new text boxes and pictures for the current
week. That has been our standard practice. I just noticed that the file
size is increasing exponentially which leads me to believe that even though
I delete things, there is still some sort of "ghost" material left in the
file.

Is there some other explanation for the increased size of Publisher files?
If you need more information as to some of the things I've tried, I can
provide it.

BK wrote:
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

Is there a reason that Publisher files keep growing in size? We have
a weekly bulletin with some static information and some information
that changes from week to week.

On Monday, we open last week's publication, delete the
no-longer-relavent text boxes and pictures, and add new text boxes
and pictures for the current week. That has been our standard
practice. I just noticed that the file size is increasing
exponentially which leads me to believe that even though I delete
things, there is still some sort of "ghost" material left in the
file.
Is there some other explanation for the increased size of Publisher
files? If you need more information as to some of the things I've
tried, I can provide it.

That's not the recommended way of generating bulletins and newsletters,
probably for precicely what you are experiencing.
Recommended to create a template of the basic publication and add to
that, anew each time. I know its a pain, but not too bad if you open
both the last bulletin and a new blank, you can cut & paste from the old
to the new. You might get away with doing that every few bulletins
rather than every time.


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Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question

That's exactly what we decided to do. We created a template that has the
standard information and made sure it is a read only document. The user
will open that each Monday and fill in the new information each week. Your
response confirmed for me that I was on the right track with this solution.
I was just wondering if I was, in fact, solving the problem the right way.
grin


"GbH" wrote in message
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BK wrote:
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

Is there a reason that Publisher files keep growing in size? We have
a weekly bulletin with some static information and some information
that changes from week to week.

On Monday, we open last week's publication, delete the
no-longer-relavent text boxes and pictures, and add new text boxes
and pictures for the current week. That has been our standard
practice. I just noticed that the file size is increasing
exponentially which leads me to believe that even though I delete
things, there is still some sort of "ghost" material left in the
file.
Is there some other explanation for the increased size of Publisher
files? If you need more information as to some of the things I've
tried, I can provide it.

That's not the recommended way of generating bulletins and newsletters,
probably for precicely what you are experiencing.
Recommended to create a template of the basic publication and add to that,
anew each time. I know its a pain, but not too bad if you open both the
last bulletin and a new blank, you can cut & paste from the old to the
new. You might get away with doing that every few bulletins rather than
every time.


--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question

BK wrote:
That's exactly what we decided to do. We created a template that has
the standard information and made sure it is a read only document. The
user will open that each Monday and fill in the new information
each week. Your response confirmed for me that I was on the right
track with this solution. I was just wondering if I was, in fact,
solving the problem the right way. grin


"GbH" wrote in message
...
BK wrote:
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

Is there a reason that Publisher files keep growing in size? We
have a weekly bulletin with some static information and some
information that changes from week to week.

On Monday, we open last week's publication, delete the
no-longer-relavent text boxes and pictures, and add new text boxes
and pictures for the current week. That has been our standard
practice. I just noticed that the file size is increasing
exponentially which leads me to believe that even though I delete
things, there is still some sort of "ghost" material left in the
file.
Is there some other explanation for the increased size of Publisher
files? If you need more information as to some of the things I've
tried, I can provide it.

That's not the recommended way of generating bulletins and
newsletters, probably for precicely what you are experiencing.
Recommended to create a template of the basic publication and add to
that, anew each time. I know its a pain, but not too bad if you open
both the last bulletin and a new blank, you can cut & paste from the
old to the new. You might get away with doing that every few
bulletins rather than every time.


--
Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question

Quite why Publi**** should behave like that and have no facility to
import its own progeny, is beyond divine understanding.

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Geoff
ExploitEd

Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could
remember the darn question