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Since I started using Dropbox, I have noticed the same problem with file sizes between Word 2007 and Word:Mac 2008. I think the problem has always been there, but I didn't notice it until I started using Dropbox. I have tried looking up the issue, but I have only found your two requests for help (here and MacRumors) and an AppleScript at the website below that I doubt will solve this problem. I've included it anyway just in case.
http://hints.macworld.com
http://hints.macworld.com
I should be more specific about what I've noticed. My file sizes increase just like yours--about the same proportion. A 13 KB file in Word 2007 is 88 KB in Word 2008. A 15 KB file in 2007 is 99 KB in 2008. If I want to get the file size down, I merely have to open the Mac document in Word 2007, press Ctrl+A, paste it all in a new blank document, and resave. At least, I think that is all I have to do, but I did change the font to Calibri in 2007 before resaving it.
I have also noticed that when you open a Word 2008 file in Word 2007, it remembers all kinds of things about the document, like the page zoom and stuff like that. I don't know if that affects file size, however, because I think 2007 remembers that stuff too. I am a little suspicious of fonts, however. If I save a file using the default Cambria font in 2008, to me it doesn't look the same in 2007 as 2007's own Cambria font. I don't know if that is my imagination or if it is because I hardly ever use Cambria in 2007 (which uses Calibri as the default).
Randywombat claims in your other post at MacRumors (link below for anyone reading this) that Word 2008 does not increase the size of a file created in 2007. I'm not sure I can agree with that, because when I open an old cover letter from Word 2007, edit it in 2008, and "save as" under a new name, it gets a ton larger. I would be curious to hear what other people have observed.
MacRumors: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/word-2008-file-size-unusually-large.829544/
I have also noticed that when you open a Word 2008 file in Word 2007, it remembers all kinds of things about the document, like the page zoom and stuff like that. I don't know if that affects file size, however, because I think 2007 remembers that stuff too. I am a little suspicious of fonts, however. If I save a file using the default Cambria font in 2008, to me it doesn't look the same in 2007 as 2007's own Cambria font. I don't know if that is my imagination or if it is because I hardly ever use Cambria in 2007 (which uses Calibri as the default).
Randywombat claims in your other post at MacRumors (link below for anyone reading this) that Word 2008 does not increase the size of a file created in 2007. I'm not sure I can agree with that, because when I open an old cover letter from Word 2007, edit it in 2008, and "save as" under a new name, it gets a ton larger. I would be curious to hear what other people have observed.
MacRumors: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/word-2008-file-size-unusually-large.829544/
