Word Document - Change In File Size

Elaine Margarett

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I've noticed when I save the same file in two different word programs like Word 97-03 and a more recent version of WORD the more recent version shows the file size to be almost half the kbs of the original. Does this indicate missing data?

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As eoficon says, the single DOCX file you can see on your disk is zipped. DOCX files are actually a conglomeration of subdirectories, XML, and stylesheets (more like a web page), not a single file as with the older DOC format.
 

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As eoficon says, the single DOCX file you can see on your disk is zipped. DOCX files are actually a conglomeration of subdirectories, XML, and stylesheets (more like a web page), not a single file as with the older DOC format.
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