large .odt file

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#1

I am using libreoffixe
Version: 4.1.4.2
Build ID: 410m0(Build:2)
in openSUSE Tumbleweed.

I am editing a text file of less than 200 hundred A4 pages. The file size
had grown to 7.4MB. (Maybe because I had some stupid style definitions I had
made.)

I saved the file in .html format, exited libreoffice, restarted, read back
the file and saved in .odt format. The new size was less than 250KB. I lost
some of my style definitions but now everything is again OK, maybe even
better than before.

I wonder, if my file could be of any use to the developers.

#2

Can you send the file directly to me off list?

#3

Hi :slight_smile:
I'm not sure if it would be useful or not.

Another way to reduce clutter is to use "Remove direct formatting" but
then headers and such might well appear the same as the body of the
text. Then just go through and select each heading in turn and apply
the relevant heading style. Those styles might need to be modified if
you've not used LibreOffice before or if you want the document to look
very different from other documents you've produced. Watching the
changes ripple through the entire document (so that all heading1's
look the same and all heading 2s) can be quite satisfying.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: