WD2000: Deleting Embedded Object Causes File Size to Grow
Article ID: 200366
Article Last Modified on 6/15/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
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.
-and-
- You insert an object in the Word document object.
-and-
- 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:
- Double-click the Word document icon.
- On the Edit menu, click Select All.
- On the Edit menu, click Copy.
- Click Close & Return to file name on the File menu (where file name
is the file name of the client program).
- While the Word document object icon is selected, press DELETE
to delete the Word document object.
- On the Insert menu, click Object.
- In the Object dialog box, click the Create From New tab and click
Microsoft Word document in the Object Type list.
- If you want to display the object as an icon, click Display As Icon.
Click OK.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
- Repeat step 4.
- 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.
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