What about file sizes?

Post #38,464 by acagle 5/13/02 11:59:55 AM Reply	What about file sizes? Apparently, OO saves in XML format. I'm a mite concerned that a Word file takes up almost 700k, while the same document imported and then saved in OO format takes up only about 200k. I suppose I expect a certain amount of bloat and crap from an MS application, but it seems a rather radical difference.
Post #38,516 by kmself 5/13/02 7:03:40 PM Reply	That sounds about right Try the same file saved as: .DOC .RTF .TXT .HTML .SDW (StarOffice binary) .SDX (OpenOffice XML) My results on a one-page document: `22k foo.sdw 19k foo.doc 9.0k foo.rtf 8.0k foo.sxw 7.0k foo.html 4.0k foo.txt` `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand? Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead. [link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/...a_alert.html]]`
Post #38,520 by folkert 5/13/02 7:52:32 PM Reply	Take a look here... [link\|http://home.attbi.com/~greg.folkert\|My Resume Page] You'll notice that same thing... These files all were from the same source, all saved from OO. `Format Bytes Filename OpenPDF 6,131 gfolkert.pdf HTML 9,368 gfolkert.html OpenOffice1 10,420 gfolkert.sxw AdobePDF 12,660 gfolkert.adb.pdf RichText 18,928 gfolkert.rtf MSWord 27,648 gfolkert.doc StarOffice5 36,864 gfolkert.sdw PostScript 45,781 gfolkert.ps` What surprises me most, is the PDF versions. `greg, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!`
Post #39,280 by acagle 5/20/02 12:36:11 PM Reply	'Nother bizarre happenstance. The original Word 97 document I'm working with has been about 680k. Yesterday, I worked on it for a bit, started to save it to a floppy so I could bring it in to work, and lo and behold, it is 1.18MB! WTF?-1.0. So I open it here at work, type in a space, and then save it. Back down to 680k. WTF?-2.1. This is not comforting to me. BTW, I think I need to bag using OpenOffice on this one. It's causing too many weird things to happen. Like a page ending about 2/3 of the way down and defying all attempts to make it do otherwise.
Post #39,366 by static 5/21/02 3:09:27 AM Reply	Fast Save? For a few versions of Word, Fast Save defaulted On in the options. This was a problem for several reasons. First, by adding changes to the end of the file, it made documents inordinately larger than necessary whilst not saving a great deal of time saving them. Secondly, it made the document format more fragile than necessary. Thirdly, it meant deleted text was still present in the file! This was fuel for a number of embarrassing episodes in the last decade. And lastly, the extra complexity to the format meant it took anti-virus vendors longer than they liked to be able to clean documents of macro virii.. In short, Fast Save was one of Microsoft's silent fiascos. Fortunately, more recent versions seem to default it to Off, but the option is still offered. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #39,367 by Ashton 5/21/02 4:33:21 AM Reply	That suppurating POS still lives? Chris <<< \ufffdbersoft Alert I recall that in Word6, and the immediate tip to NEVER leave it on.. and you think it defaults to on, in some cases? Damn.. I rarely have to use it, and never 97 - so I also forgot about it. Have to add to reminders list then, for others. I've forgotten what mischief it caused initially before I asked around, but the deleted-text part is bad enough (along with the included personal spyware S/N). And those bastards never got around to either fixing or removing it ?! I can hear their tiny cast-nylon brain gears squeaking now: Gosh if we removed it, someone might think we made a mistake - better leave it in and let helpdesk handle it (or... the Other Help Desk\ufffd work it into a week's worth of acid barbs with Clippy ??) Somebody: Please Roast the #%&$ to about 8000\ufffd K <<< Ashton another pin in the Billy Doll - a rusty one from the stable.

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