Importing slides into project

I can't figure out what's happening.... when I try and import
slides from another project into a new one, the .cp file goes from
like 80megs to almost 200megs ... when this happens is the only
time in the directory I find along with the large .cp file, another
file like Ado8AE.tmp??? With some .cp that I try to import several
slides, the file grows to 450megs and then doesn't display but when
I try to load something else I get the warning dialog that I have a
file open to I want to save, when the file actually isn't even
displayed.... does this mean anything to anyone?
Thanks, Cary

Hi Cary
What you are seeing is the famous file bloating that
Captivate applies "sometimes". The only solution I have found that
works is to open my "bloated" file and then open a new instance of
Captivate that is set to the same size as the bloated project. Step
2 is to copy the slides (CTRL+A to select all works fine) from the
"bloated" file and paste them in the new Captivate project. Save
new project under different name e.g. myprojectv2 (v2 = version 2)
and you will be amazed at the size reduction you get. You can now
import your new slides into the v2 project with no problem, though
you will get file size ncreasing again over time as you work, then
just repeat the above with a new version (v3 or whatever).
As a general guideline to myself, I do this every time my
source file exceeds 40MB.
Hope this assists you and good luck.
PS On every new version, all you have to change is your skin
and preferences to make sure they matche the original file.

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