Word or Excel File Too Large

Modified on Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 2:56 PM

Occasionally, you may encounter a Word document or Excel workbook that is larger in size than other comparable files.


To try reducing the file size, highlight all the data in the file and Copy it.  Then, open a new document or workbook and do a Paste/Special – it should remove all extraneous formatting that might be making the file so large.

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