OFF98: Deleting Embedded Object Causes File Size to Grow (185308)

SYMPTOMS

When you embed a Microsoft Word 98 document object in a Microsoft Office 98 document, embed an object in the Word object, 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 Microsoft Office 98 program. -and-
You insert a Microsoft Word 98 document as an object in the file you have created (click Object on the Insert menu). -and-
You insert an object in the Word document object. -and-
You delete the object in the Microsoft Word document object.

WORKAROUND

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

Double-click the Microsoft 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 Microsoft 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.

REFERENCES

For more information about embedded objects, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

embedded objects, overview