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Thread ID: 55969 2005-03-23 23:50:00 Excel file gets huge when I email it-?? JasonEdward (7129) Press F1
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337367 2005-03-23 23:50:00 Hi there,

When I choose the email option from XL it takes a 250 kb file and turns into 1 or more MB.

Can I avoid this? Why does it do this?

I use Outlook 03.

Cheers
JasonEdward (7129)
337368 2005-03-24 00:51:00 MIME encoding a file for transfer in e-mail generally increases it by ~33% in size. ninja (1671)
337369 2005-03-24 03:03:00 Test sending an Excel file of known size to yourself via email as an attachment to see if this method keeps the size correct. rad_s4 (7401)
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