There is definitely something odd going on.  I tried saving a file with
just a period - 19.0KB same as Brad.  Saving a file with a linked bitmap
was only 15.0KB.  But saving a file with a period AND a linked bitmap
was ALSO 15.0KB.  Then I created a file with 2 pages of text which was
41.0KB.  Paste linked the bitmap in, and the result was 29.0KB!  This is
something more complex than style/font overhead!

Joe

>Hello!
>
>On answer I can think of is that you are linking the picture. Try to embed
>the picture and see what the size is. I suppose that the period starts to
>incur Word's overhead stuff (styles, fonts, etc.) where as the picture does
>not? Just a guess on that end.
>
>HTH
>
>Will Stephenson
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>I was just wondering if someone could explain why, when I save a word
>97 document that only contains a period, the size is 19K, but when I
>save a word 97 document with a small picture paste linked from Paint,
>the size is about 16.5k.
>Brad Britton
>

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