Microsoft KB Archive/200366

= WD2000: Deleting Embedded Object Causes File Size to Grow =

Article ID: 200366

Article Last Modified on 6/15/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q200366





SYMPTOMS
When you embed an object in a Microsoft Word 2000 document object that is embedded in a Microsoft Office 2000 document, and then delete the object in the Word object, the Office document increases in file size.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:


 * You create a file in a Office program.

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 * You insert a Word document as an object in the file you created.

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 * You insert an object in the Word document object.

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 * You delete the object in the Word document object



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, copy the contents of the Word object and paste the data in a new Word object. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Double-click the Word document icon.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Select All.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 4) Click Close & Return to   on the File menu (where   is the file name of the client program).
 * 5) While the Word document object icon is selected, press DELETE to delete the Word document object.
 * 6) On the Insert menu, click Object.
 * 7) In the Object dialog box, click the Create From New tab and click Microsoft Word document in the Object Type list.
 * 8) If you want to display the object as an icon, click Display As Icon. Click OK.
 * 9) On the Edit menu, click Paste.
 * 10) Repeat step 4.
 * 11) Save the document.

The file size decreases.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF2000 size increases increase

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB200366

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