If you do a Ctl-End, does it take you out in the "weeds"?
If it does, delete the rows and columns and immediately save the workbook.
In some versions of xl you have to then close the book after this action in order for xl
to reset its last cell IIRC.

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Regards;
Rob
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"Kenview" wrote in message
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I have an excel file has ballooned in size for some reason. I have tried to
copy all the cells and then used "paste special" to paste just the values and
the file size doesn't reduce. I am copying numbers from an investment
website into my spreadsheet and there don't appear to be any issues with the
pasted cells but I suspect it is causing the file size expansion and very
slow performance. I then deleted all the cells around by spreadsheet and it
didn't help at all.

All suggestions as to how I can fix this problem appreciated.

Kenview