Excel 2003 file sizes

[Guest]

Have a large excel file that I need to reduce. Have removed data and
links/macros but the file size has grown. Is there anyway to compress/repair
the file ?

 

[Ron de Bruin]

Hi Simon

Maybe your usedrange is to big
See http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#Unused

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that message but it hasn`t made any difference to the size. I`m
sure i`m missing something obvious here !

 

[Ron de Bruin]

When you use Ctrl-End on a worksheet it select the last row with data ?

Have you save/close the file after you follow the steps ?

 

[Guest]

I had done this anyway. But went through the steps again and it still didn`t
work. It actually made the file grow again !

Bizarre.

 

[Ron de Bruin]

Maybe the file is corrupt ?

Try to copy all sheets to a new workbook and see how big that file is.?

If this not help you can zip the file and send it to me private if it is not to big<g>
and I look at it for you.