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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

.

Hi Nadine

I have responded several times now to different requests you have made.
Without seeing the full structure of your file, and, what you are trying
to achieve, it is extremely difficult to offer you the correct advice.

Recently, I was able to bring somebody's file size down from 50KB to
5KB, and achieve a speed increase of 20 times.
I have already made the offer to help - it's down to you.
--
Regards
Roger Govier

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.
.

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.
.

See http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/ExcelProblems.htm
and
http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/ExcelSpreadsheetDesign.htm


--
Regards
Dave Hawley
www.ozgrid.com
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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.