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Box - Office online document file is magically getting too large!

  • May 22, 2025
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I was editing a two page excel file that, when I edited some cells and deleted some empty cells, the file became too large.

I ended up having to open it off line, then reload it onto Box and it was fine.

Below is the version history where you can see the files jumped in size, dramatically.

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Thoughts?

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Hi Corinne, 

Welcome to the Box Community!

To clarify, do you see this happen to any browser you use and any web page you visit?

Can you try adjusting the Fonts settings and the zoom settings in your browser and see if that helps?

If you are using Chrome browser, you can follow the steps in this Google support article on how to make adjustments on these settings: 

Let me know how it goes and if you have any questions!

Best,


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I have not tried a different browser, I am currently using Chrome. I've never used Microsoft Online from any other web page other than Box.

There are no zoom settings in Chrome and my font settings are at the recommended font size, medium, zoom at 100%.