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Word 2002 - slow with large documents
"Pop`" wrote in message ... sid derra wrote: I am writing a thesis at the moment, which is a word file (Word 2002, winXP home) with 116 pages at the moment. The file size is about 10.5mb, it contains plenty of Excel objects and bookmarks. So far so good - now, here comes my problem: [...] sid If you can, since you only have 30 pages to go, write those pages in their own, separate file and then later copy/paste t hem into the end of the major document. thanks - thats exactly what i decided to do now... ALWAYS WORK WITH COPIES! When a copy looks good, then back it up, preferably with a date in the title so you can tell where in the process the backup came from. When you're all done, create TWO complete documents in two different places, on different drives if possible, one a CD or DVD, for storage until they're no longer needed. i usually either work with versioning tools or - as in this case - just with incremental version numbers for the files as they develop (right now i am at v1.26). it's not just handy for programming projects - which i do for a living - but also for stuff like this. and i agree with you - this can't be pointed out often enough. also being into photography and graphics, i can't tell you, how many times i tried to correct friend's and family's workflows, who occasionally save web or email resolution photos over the originals... usually without even understanding why this might not be a great idea. also, i do make regular backups - currently one on the local machine, one on a usb hdd and one on a remote server. despite the word file i have approx. 5gb in pdf source-analysis-data to kee safe and sound - so that better be enough... ;-) Do NOT use Master Document mode should you come across it! It WILL cause loss of data and corruption in a short period of time, but you wont' know it right away. thanks for that hint! haven't come across that yet and made a note to self, just in case... rock on. sid |
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