By Rob Helm [bio]
Posted: Dec. 4, 2006

The following is a chart accompanying an article published by Directions on Microsoft, an independent research firm focused exclusively on Microsoft strategy & technology. More samples of our content, as well as a list of upcoming articles and reports are also available.

Office 2007 files can be smaller than their Office 2003 equivalents. Shown here are file sizes for two representative files, an Excel workbook and a PowerPoint presentation, in the Office 2003 and Office 2007 default formats. In general, text-heavy files such as Word and Excel documents will benefit most from the compression of the new Office 2007 formats.