Hi. Does anyone know why my Word 2004 documents "grow" when I attach them to a mail message? Let's say the documents is just 2 MB large. When I attach it to an "empty" mail message, it grows to 3MB. Is this normal? It's not a real problem for me (yet), but I was just wondering if Word is infected with a Macro Virus.
My attachments grow? Macro Virus?
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ElDiabloConCaca
U.S.D.A. Prime
What are you using to estimate the size of the file? Finder? Mail?
It's likely that whatever reports 2MB is reporting slightly low, and whatever (Mail?) is reporting 3MB is reporting slightly high. Plus, one may be using a binary representation (1,024 = 1k) and another is reporting a decimal notation (1,000 = 1k).
I highly doubt it's a macro virus, as the macro virus wouldn't be able to execute by simply attaching a Word document to a mail message -- unless you were using some function within Word to attach the file. What's the exact procedure you use when you attach a Word document to an email?
It's likely that whatever reports 2MB is reporting slightly low, and whatever (Mail?) is reporting 3MB is reporting slightly high. Plus, one may be using a binary representation (1,024 = 1k) and another is reporting a decimal notation (1,000 = 1k).
I highly doubt it's a macro virus, as the macro virus wouldn't be able to execute by simply attaching a Word document to a mail message -- unless you were using some function within Word to attach the file. What's the exact procedure you use when you attach a Word document to an email?