Compression
NOTEFILE always saves NTF files in compressed form. TXT files cannot be compressed. The size of an NTF file will typically be smaller than its equivalent TXT file. Compression is always enabled and complements encryption. When encryption is also enabled, data is first compressed and then encrypted. This improves compression efficiency and helps avoid exposing patterns in encrypted data.
Compression reduces disk usage and I/O bandwidth, but may slightly increase CPU usage during save and load operations.