[CyberTaz]

Hi Stacie -

You couldn't be in better hands than those of Suzanne & Daiya so I don't
mean to meddle, but I did want to interject about the *scanned graphics*
mentioned in your second post here.

What format were they scanned in? If the scanner settings weren't properly
set they may be something like 24 bit Color TIFFs and 10 of them would
account for most of the outrageous file size - each one could be 3 megs or
more.

You didn't mention what the content of those scanned pages happens to be,
but if if that is the problem rescanning at more efficient settings or
saving the scanned files in something less cumbersome may help.

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 10/20/06 3:19 PM, in article ,
"Stacie999" wrote:


OK - Went through the checklist:

Fast saves was disabled.
Preview pics was clear.
Versions was not turned on (never even knew that existed!)
Track changes was turned off
Embed True Type fonts is not checked BUT "embed linguistic data" and
"embed smart tags" is checked. I'm pretty sure I need the smart tags
for PDF but I don't know what the linguistic thing is.
It is being saved as a .doc

Man. I've been working on this for days. What I've done is taken
several documents and merged them together (actually cut and paste into
a new document), cleared all formatting and re-done.

Any other ideas? This is frustrating as heck that's for sure...

Stacie





Suzanne S. Barnhill Wrote:
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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"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
...-
... 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!
--
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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