Re: What Advantages Does .docx have over .doc? Any?

Hmmm... Yes, something is missing here :-)

A Word .doc file saved to .docx should shrink by about 75 per cent.

However: If the files contain a lot of graphics, and the graphics are
involved with the tracked changes, then the files will grow dramatically in
either format.

If you have tracked changes on and you MOVE a picture, Word hides the
picture in the old location and copies it to the new location -- instantly
doubling the file size.

The .docx format is compressed (Zipped) Unicode text, which is VERY
compressible. However, the graphics are stored in their native format which
is already compressed, so they won't get any smaller.

Hope this helps


On 25/10/08 2:07 PM, in article 59b5e8d5.-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"edj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <edj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I understood that one of the advantages of the XML format used in Word 2008
was smaller file size. I'm for that because my files in Word tend to get
larger and larger as multi page docs are worked on in track changes. But what
I'm finding is that Word 2008 files are usually MUCH larger than files saved
in the old .doc.
Consequently, I'm thinking I'm just going to go back to saving files in .doc
which most of the people I work with still use anyway.I was going to persuade
everyone to switch to Word 2008 or use the converter but I don't see any point
to this.
Am I missing something?

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