Why do CorelDraw files increase so dramatically in size? I opened a simple file that was 24.5M, then I did a "Select All" and "Copy", pasted it into a new document which is now 68K.
Is the file saving a "history" somewhere? If so, can it be disabled?
Thanks!
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Sure... upload them to www.ee-stuff.com (log in with your EE username and password, and then lick the Expert tab).
When you use the "Save" command in CorelDraw you are actually appending any changes to the file. Therefore every time you make a change and then click save, your file will grow.
However if you use "Save As" the file will only contain what it needs to, resulting in a much smaller file.
It would be interesting to get the original 24.5mb file and then "Save as" another file to see what the resultant file size is.
The other consideration is if you use things like Drop Shadows, Blends etc, this can increase the file size. Make sure in your Tools->Options->Document->
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by: ericpetePosted on 2009-08-28 at 19:32:25ID: 25212792
Are you sure you have your numbers right? Because I can't imagine a "simple" Corel file that is 24.5mb ... and I certainly can't see that copying it would reduce it to 68kb...
I took one of the sample files (created for 6x9 paper) and copied it to a new 8.5x11 page, and it increased in size by about ten per cent; I attribute that to information regarding the relative placement on the page of the new items -- but a ten per cent increase doesn't seem that bad. Another factor could be that I don't have nearly as many fonts installed, so it substituted the default fonts. I'm only guessing, but other factors could be information tied to the new doc that isn't necessarily tied to the old one (grid/ruler, etc).
The system does have an "undo" feature (Tools --> Options, and click the General item from the nav menu), but since you have a new document, one would expect the size to be a lower number, not higher, because the new doc has no history to undo.
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