Well, here's the standard boilerplate on "file bloat":
There are a number of reasons for excessive file size, including:
1. Fast Saves: Disable this at on the Save tab of Tools | Options.
2. Preview Pictu Clear the check box on the Summary tab of File |
Properties.
3. Versions (File | Versions): Make sure "Automatically save version on
close" is not turned on.
4. Revisions (Tools | Track Changes):
Highlight Changes: Make sure "Highlight changes on screen" is turned on
(or that "Final Showing Markup" is displayed).
Accept/Reject Changes: If "Accept All" or "Reject All" is available then
revisions are present; accept or reject all changes, then turn Track Changes
off.
5. Embedded True Type fonts (Tools | Options | Save); embedding fonts should
be avoided wherever possible.
6. Embedded graphics: When feasible, it is preferable to link the graphics.
That is, when you insert the graphic, click the arrow beside Insert in the
Picture dialog and choose Link to File rather than Insert or Insert and
Link.
7. Embedded objects: These are even worse than ordinary graphics saved with
the document. If you see an { EMBED } code, the graphic is an OLE object.
Unless you need to be able to edit the object in place, unlink it using
Ctrl+Shift+F9.
8. File format: Make sure you are saving as a Word document; in some cases
..rtf (Rich Text Format) files are significantly larger than .doc files.
9. Document corruption: See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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http://word.mvps.org
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"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
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... What Suzanne wrote, plus anything else you can think of that might be
contributing to such an enormous file size; Are you using Track Changes?,
the Versions feature?, Master/Sub-Documents? Also, what are the system
specs
(processor, RAM)?
My gut feeling is that you're dealing with a document that has begun to
suffer [at least] low-level corruption. Perhaps a 'Maggie' is in order but
I'd wait for more input from Suzanne. In the meantime I'd strongly
recommend
making a back-up copy if you haven't already!
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Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
"Stacie999" wrote in message
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I've searched the threads and can't seem to find this particular
problem....
I have a VERY long document - 578 pages so far. I've formatted and
added styles and levels to all that I want in the table of contents. I
tell it to create the TOC using 3 levels and it does it, but when I
click on anything after Word freezes and does not respond.
Think my document is too big? It's 93mb so far and I have lots more to
add to it. I've done a disk clean, defrag but it still hangs up and
it's only this document. I'm using Word 2003....
Any help would be appreciated!
Stacie
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Stacie999