File size differences when working with Word 97 vs Word 2002

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The PC in my office has Word 2002. My laptop at home has Word 97. Sometimes I take work home by saving a document to a floppy disk and copying it to the hard drive of my laptop. I make my edits from the hard drive of my laptop, and then save it to the floppy disk, which I then take to work and copy to the hard drive of my PC. My question is "Why does the size of my document (any document, whether containing many tables or graphics) significantly reduced when I save my edits in Word 97 on the laptop (having created the document in Word 2002) and significantly increased when I return the document to the hard drive of my PC, continue my edits, and save it in Word 2002? A 30-page document with many tables, created in 2002, for example, was 500KB until saved in 97, at which time it was reduced to 260KB (although I had added about 10 pages when editing in 97). When I returned the 97 document to Word 2002 and did some edits to the now 40-page document, file size increased from 260KB to 728KB. I have followed the usual tips you give for restraining file size (such as turning off fast saves and embedded True Type). Naturally, I need a "slim" document if I have to pass the document via floppy between 2002 and 97 in order to complete it. Thank you.
 
Every successive version of Word seems to create larger files. This seems to
be the inevitable result of incorporating more features. Just be careful not
to save directly to the floppy (always save to the HD and copy to the
floppy).

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Pam said:
The PC in my office has Word 2002. My laptop at home has Word 97.
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Sometimes I take work home by saving a document to a floppy disk and copying
it to the hard drive of my laptop. I make my edits from the hard drive of
my laptop, and then save it to the floppy disk, which I then take to work
and copy to the hard drive of my PC. My question is "Why does the size of
my document (any document, whether containing many tables or graphics)
significantly reduced when I save my edits in Word 97 on the laptop (having
created the document in Word 2002) and significantly increased when I return
the document to the hard drive of my PC, continue my edits, and save it in
Word 2002? A 30-page document with many tables, created in 2002, for
example, was 500KB until saved in 97, at which time it was reduced to 260KB
(although I had added about 10 pages when editing in 97). When I returned
the 97 document to Word 2002 and did some edits to the now 40-page document,
file size increased from 260KB to 728KB. I have followed the usual tips you
give for restraining file size (such as turning off fast saves and embedded
True Type). Naturally, I need a "slim" document if I have to pass the
document via floppy between 2002 and 97 in order to complete it. Thank you.
 
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