From: Mike '/m' 


Fast saves are disabled.   I will check version tracking tomorrow.

Thanks Gregg and Doug.

 /m

On Mon, 2 May 2005 20:04:31 -0500, Douglas Smith  wrote:

>Or fast saves -- I believe fast saves will keep adding the changes onto
>the end of the document without changing previous text.
>
> - Doug.
>
>
>In article ,
>gregg{at}invalid.invalid says...
>> Mike '/m'  wrote in
>> news:0sgd711a8cq76c33ub55usmas3rdknosn0{at}4ax.com:
>>
>> > Two of the Software Engineers who send me a status report each week
>> > have a problem with growing Word files.   They seem to grow by about
>> > 20-30k each week, even though the status report remains about the same
>> > amount of words.
>> >
>> > The sequence used to write the status report is to take last week's
>> > report, modify the text with what is new and save as a new filename.
>> >
>> > I already checked and fast saves are disabled.  I am not sure where
>> > else to look.  One Engineer has Office XP, the other Office 2003.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions on how to control this problem?
>> >
>> >  /m
>> >
>>
>> Is it possible they have version tracking turned on? I don't have Office
>> 2003 or Office XP, but on Office 2000, you would check under File,
>> Versions to see what versions are stored, and you would go to Tools,
>> Track Changes to turn it on or off.
>>
>> Gregg
>>

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