# Question about "Save & Compact"

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-save-compact/82185>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 8, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-save-compact/82185 "2005-03-08T10:01:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![razielhans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@razielhans](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/razielhans)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-save-compact/82185/1 "2005-03-08T10:01:58Z")

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Hello,

This is just a simple question. I don’t know if anyone of you does this, but I always do a SAVE & COMPACT option for my movies. What is the real benefit in doing the option “SAVE AND COMPACT” ?

Is it going to reduce the filesize of your SWF or just the FLA?

Thank You