Too bad I'm not using 2007. My file is currently 17,814KB. I've reduced it
some but not enough.

"Glenn" wrote:

I don't know the reason why, but I have a workbook with 9 worksheets and three
separate PivotTables that is about 1.3mb when opened and saved in Excel 2003 and
drops to about 350k when opened and saved in Excel 2007.

Nadine wrote:
Thanks for the thought but that's also not the answer. This is definitely a
busy file and one that does lots and lots of things. I was just hoping
someone knew a trick like using INDEX/MATCH in place of VLOOKUP to reduce the
file size. Looks like there may be no other trick. Thanks for trying.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Might be an idea to have a look at resetting the used range on each sheet.

See Debra Dalgleish's site for help.

http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlfaqApp.html#Unused

Sometimes the size creep is simply Excel thinking the used range is larger
than it is.

But your workbook does sound a little busy what with the Pivot Tables.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 11 May 2010 17:01:01 -0700, Nadine
wrote:

Unfortunately that's not an option.

"Teethless mama" wrote:

To reduce file size, you have to remove the PIVOT tables


"Nadine" wrote:

I have an Excel 2003 workbook that has 22 worksheets. Some have smaller sets
of data and some have over 1000 rows and 80 columns. The workbook does have
pivot tables and many formulas in it such as IF, INDEX/MATCH, SUMIF, AVERAGE,
AVERAGEIF, etc. There are no VLOOKUP formulas as they take up much more disk
space than INDEX/MATCH. However, my file is still 20639KB with January's
data. I'd like to reduce this as this file is used often and will grow as
one month's business increases. Does anyone know what causes the size to
grow? Perhaps I can change out some formulas or something else that can
reduce the file size. Thanks.
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