Exact File has different Size

[Shades]

I have a word file saved in 2 locations. One is a "project approved doc"
folder the other is a "specific report approved" folder. I'm going through
and deleting duplicate files, to save space, but i came across an interesting
find.

I have 2 files, time stamped/named the same. and i compared them, they are
the exact same file, however one is 50% larger (900k vs 600k). they are both
2003 .doc format. they don't ahve any track changes or commetns. Now they
do have tables and such, but they are all the same. Can anyoen shed some
insight?

Thanks

 

[Robert M. Franz [RMF]]

Hello Shades

I have a word file saved in 2 locations. One is a "project approved doc"
folder the other is a "specific report approved" folder. I'm going through
and deleting duplicate files, to save space, but i came across an interesting
find.

I have 2 files, time stamped/named the same. and i compared them, they are
the exact same file, however one is 50% larger (900k vs 600k). they are both
2003 .doc format. they don't ahve any track changes or commetns. Now they
do have tables and such, but they are all the same. Can anyoen shed some
insight?

they simply cannot be the exact same file, and have different size.

What version/file type are we talking about? It's pretty much useless
trying to compare a binary DOC file unless you do it through code, by
way of the object model. Now, if you are dealing with RTF, XML (Word
2003 prof.), or DOCX (Word 2007), you have other options; like comparing
the individual XML files the DOCX is made of, in the latter case.

HTH
Robert