Why became my database file 5 times larger in Access 2007?

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I have a database in Access 2000 file format witch I have developed for
several years. The filesize is 4,9 MB. When I resently moved this file to my
new notebook with Windows Vista and Access 2007, and filled it with with a
certain amount if information (not that much, there was allredy some ground
information written to it), I notized the file size had grown to 26,8 MB,
more than 5 times larger. I have allso another copy of the same database on
my notebook, witch I only have opened a couple of times and not written much
to. This file has not grown at all. Anyone who knows what this is about?
 
Thanks for your answer.
Yes, the filesize became much smaller (1,7 MB).
But then it begins to grow again, while the file is open. I can actually see
in the explorer window how it grows, about 20 kb every 10 seconds. And I'm
doing nothing! What is happening? Can it be a virus? But I have a good and
updated virusprogram, and no other files than my Access files are effected
(now allso the other one I mentioned in my first question).

Robbie

"Allen Browne" skrev:
 
Could be due to a number of things--Name AutoCorrect to name one example.
You probably want to turn this one off anyway:
http://allenbrowne.com/bug-03.html

Beyond that, be aware of what might decompile your database, avoid Timer
events, and so on.

Of course, if you are adding data to a table and deleting it, that will
bloat your database also.
 
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