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Default URGENT: Table format slows down document in Word 2003

Hi Carole,

For a large table, you might find Excel is better suited to what you're doing. If need be, you can either copy & paste the Excel
table into Word after you've finished editing, or create a link between it and the Word document.

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macropod
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"Carole Sigouin, Sr. Technical Writer" oft.com wrote in message
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Would you have a solution to this problem? This 135-page document (2.5 Mb)
contains 2 large tables designed for a Glossary. It slows down tremendously
every time a person wants open it, work with it or save it (it spools and
analyzes the document endlessly...).

We're converted it as a Tab Delimeter format for ease of use but, it is
difficult to read and not easy to maintain. Would you have any suggestions or
this is a limitation in Word, not being able to handle and compute large
tables?

Carole