Compacting is exactly like defragging your hard drive. Instead of doing the whole drive you are just doing the FTM file. Rosemary On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Sue Pollock <suepollock@triad.rr.com>wrote: > Wouldn't you consider this compacting a bit like defragmenting a hard > drive? > I know when I add data or merge individuals or create reports, etc. my > files > will normally compact at least 20%, and I normally compact my file weekly. > > Sue > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Caroline Gurney > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 3:02 PM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > 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 > > > > > ********************************** > 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 >