Thanks, Caroline. I did create several lengthy PDF reports recently, so that is probably what cause the very large % when I compacted. Tom Herson Ithaca, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Gurney" <caroline.gurney@gmail.com> To: <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Compacting Tom, I find that creating and saving reports within FTM significantly increases the size of my file. If I later delete those reports, compacting the file can reduce its size by up to 20%. I compact regularly and can see how someone who does not could easily get to 50% or more. Caroline Gurney On 19 August 2011 19:25, Tom Herson <therson@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > Because I don't do it on a regular basis, I usually compact my file when > someone mentions it, as Linda just did. I was surprised to see that the > fle was reduced by 50.5% That's pretty scary. How could that be? Nothing > seems to be missing with regard to the number of people, marraiges, etc. > > Tom Herson > Ithaca. NY ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message