Anyone know of some sort of software to clean up word documents?

[Psyber]

Before I get hit by the wrong forums police, I've already posted it in Tech Support - no responses and 5 views in 3 hours.

Well anyways... I have this huge word document that keeps changing and it has ballooned to 40 Megs with only about 20 pages. I'm sure the size it has to do with formatting and styles. Is there any program out there that cleans up this sort of stuff, to "optimize" my work document?

Thanks!

fyi, I did not make this document initially and this is for work

Solution Found
Ahhh very simple solution based on a site through the google search aircooled gave me. I did a select all (CTRL+A) and copied the entire document, then pasted it to a new one. The size shrunk from 40 megs to .5 megs - that's pretty darn good.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

copy and paste it into Notepad, then copy it back.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Word. Autoformat

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: Psyber
Before I get hit by the wrong forums police, I've already posted it in Tech Support - no responses and 5 views in 3 hours.

Well anyways... I have this huge word document that keeps changing and it has ballooned to 40 Megs with only about 20 pages. I'm sure the size it has to do with formatting and styles. Is there any program out there that cleans up this sort of stuff, to "optimize" my work document?

Thanks!

this is a cut and paste:

just change the page format. Suppose that your paper is formatted for A4 paper. Go to Page Setup>Paper Size, and change the document to Letter, Legal, or some other paper size. Save it. Change it back and save it again. The file will look just the same as it did in the first place, but it will be much smaller, often by a factor of two or three.

not sure if it works....

 

[Psyber]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
copy and paste it into Notepad, then copy it back.

I'd do that, but there are graphics, autonumbering, and some styles that I need to keep (fyi, I did not make this document initially and this is for work)

 

[DnetMHZ]

It's more likely the graphics are making the file huge, not the formatting.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Psyber

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
copy and paste it into Notepad, then copy it back.

I'd do that, but there are graphics, autonumbering, and some styles that I need to keep (fyi, I did not make this document initially and this is for work)

email it to me and I'll try cleaning it up

 

[aircooled]

I also read this:

Select all, and Press the CTRL, SHIFT and F9 keys

not sure if that works either....

 

[Psyber]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: Psyber

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
copy and paste it into Notepad, then copy it back.

I'd do that, but there are graphics, autonumbering, and some styles that I need to keep (fyi, I did not make this document initially and this is for work)

email it to me and I'll try cleaning it up

Thanks for the offer, but it's for work so I can't send it out.

 

[ATLien247]

Originally posted by: Psyber

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
copy and paste it into Notepad, then copy it back.

I'd do that, but there are graphics, autonumbering, and some styles that I need to keep (fyi, I did not make this document initially and this is for work)

In that case, highlight the portions of the document that you want to "clean up", then choose Clear Formatting from the Style drop-down menu on the Formatting toolbar.

 

[aircooled]

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[Psyber]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Word. Autoformat

Just tried this and it doubled in size again.

 

[iroast]

Formatting isn't the problem. It's the graphics. Batch resize em

 

[Psyber]

Originally posted by: aircooled
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Ahhh your google skills kick my butt. I've been googling for past few hours. I'm going to use these in conjuction with ATLien247 idea.

 

[Psyber]

Ahhh very simple solution based on a site through the google search aircooled gave me. I did a select all (CTRL+A) and copied the entire document, then pasted it to a new one. The size shrunk from 40 megs to .5 megs - that's pretty darn good.

 

[hevnsnt]

awesome. Awesome to the MAX.

 

[sciencewhiz]

I bet it's back up high before too long.