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Document Size - Increases Each Time Document
DocumentID: 652887
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:19 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer's file keeps growing in size each time he saves it.

For another customer, the document size increases when deleting information. The customer will delete text from one document and restore it into a blank document screen and the file size is larger than if she just types the information into a new document screen from scratch. Solutions: The first customer was using an HP LaserJet III, and the document was selecting the default font which was Scalable (PostScript). This is a fairly large font. The user can keep the font information from duplicating by setting Fast Save to No. This is not the only problem, however. If the user deletes all scalable fonts from the document in Setup, Initial Codes, Document Initial Codes, and Initial Font in Printer Edit, it will still not remove the PS Font packet from the prefix. Once a PS 50 Font packet is installed in a WordPerfect 5.0/5.1 document prefix, it is impossible to remove it except by two methods:

1.      After removing any scalable font codes from the document body and initial code screen, format the document for another printer definition that doesn't have scalable fonts, then save the document.
2.      After removing scalable font selections from the document body and initial code screens, the user can enter a binary editor and change every 1 word packet type code related to a PS 50 font packet to FF,FF hex. The user would then retrieve the document and resave, assuming that Fast Save is set to No.

Another problem with large file sizes is that users save the document with style libraries in them. This adds the styles to the document prefix and can be seen by pressing Alt-F8 to view the styles.

The second customer's file contained a Style library. Blocking information from a document containing a Style library and copying it to another file will result in the Style Library being part of the second file.

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