>>By the way, my guess is that a Word or Excel file hardly has the chance to become fragmented because the whole is done in a single write, so there is virtually no chance for something else to intrude while it is written.
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>Also, in Word (similar in PowerPoint) the entire file is written in a single write, only if you turned off "Fast Save" - or Word has "fast saved" for the last 15 times (the 16th. time, a "full save" is done).
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>Otherwise, for any changes done including deletions, Word will append information to the end of the existing file.

Yes, more stuff to consider on the issue. Now I still believe that a 'full save' can be done in a single write though (but who can say?).

Happy New Year, Hilmar


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