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kvdv
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 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: file size |
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hi,
i've got a bunch of ms excel files and i'm now editing one in neooffice and saving it with another filename. although the content only changed a tiny bit (just a few numbers), the file size has gone from 48kb to 204kb !
What could be the reason and can i avoid this?
thanks!
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yoxi
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Are you saving it as an excel doc, or as a NeoOffice doc? If as an Excel doc, what type?
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kvdv
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I'm saving it as Excel because i need to send it to pc/ms office users.
So this would mean that NeoOffice can save in MS format, but it makes the file much bigger? |
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pluby
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| kvdv wrote: | I'm saving it as Excel because i need to send it to pc/ms office users.
So this would mean that NeoOffice can save in MS format, but it makes the file much bigger? |
Pretty much. Since the Excel file format is a proprietary file format that Microsoft created, applications like NeoOffice had to reverse engineer the file format. So, when saving, NeoOffice will never produce a file exactly identical to the original Excel file even if no changes are made.
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kvdv
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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well... i can live with that 
thanks for the very fast response again!
best,
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