This is an excellent analogy. Lafe ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Donaldson" <johndd@iinet.net.au> To: <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Compacting > Tom > > Think of a bookcase with a row of books > > You remove some from within the row that leaves "holes" > > (FTM equivalent you deleted some reports of charts that you saved etc) > > You want to create some more room at the end of the bookcase so you > compact > the books by pushing them together and "filling in" the holes > > No books are missing but you have compacted the bookcase. > > Not an ideal analogy but you get the idea? > > > John Donaldson > > -----Original Message----- > From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Tom Herson > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 4:25 AM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FTM-TECH] Compacting > > 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. > > > ********************************** > 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 >