Hi LairdofSleaford,

As Simon Mider suggests, graphics may increase the file size drastically. If
your document contains graphics, select one, choose Format | Picture... | tab
Picture | Compress... Be sure to compress all pictures in your document, and,
if possible, to Web/Screen resolution.

For more suggestions, see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...spx?mode=print
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...spx?mode=print

Getting any further?

Good luck,
Cooz
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"LairdofSleaford" wrote:

Hi Cooz

Good answer! It does seem to speed things up but the file is still the same
83MB. Any ideas of how I could reduce this without losing all the formatting?

"Cooz" wrote:

Hi LairdodSleaford,

I don't know why you should want to press 83 Mb in three pages :-) but the
strange formatting behavior may very well occur because you have checked
"Automatically update" in the styles that you use.

Choose File | Styles and formatting...
Expand the dropdown list of 'Normal' in the task pane that appears, and
choose Modify...
Clear 'Automatically update'.
Do so for any style you have used in your document.

Good luck,
Cooz
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"LairdofSleaford" wrote:

I gave a file that is 83MB for 3 pages in Word 2003! It keeps applying any
formating I use to the whole document, which then goes off to wherever I want
to apply it if I press Ctrl Z. What is up with Word? Is there a fix? I
need to use a lot of formatting, I am an Adult Literacy tutor and the
formatting I use, bold, colours and tables makes it easy for the learners.