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I have word 2002 on my PC at home and have a document that is 85 meg, it is just text, I have no problems with working with it at home but on my laptop it just freezes the system when I try to open it., I have Word 2000 on my Laptop. Is there some way I can reduce the size of the file or automatically split it into smaller files, that I can use individually on my Laptop? thanks Daniel |
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-----Original Message----- Hi, I have word 2002 on my PC at home and have a document that is 85 meg, it is just text, I have no problems with working with it at home but on my laptop it just freezes the system when I try to open it., I have Word 2000 on my Laptop. Is there some way I can reduce the size of the file or automatically split it into smaller files, that I can use individually on my Laptop? thanks Daniel . Open the document. Choose Save as from the File drop down menu and give it a name to indicate a portion. Select and delete half of the document. Close. Open the original document, Save as and name it accordingly. Select and delete the other half. Cross reference items, tables of content, etc. will be lost or rendered useless. |
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I'm surprised you can even open it since the file size limit for Word
documents is still (AFAIK) 32 MB for text only (not counting graphics). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel Louwrens" wrote in message ... Hi, I have word 2002 on my PC at home and have a document that is 85 meg, it is just text, I have no problems with working with it at home but on my laptop it just freezes the system when I try to open it., I have Word 2000 on my Laptop. Is there some way I can reduce the size of the file or automatically split it into smaller files, that I can use individually on my Laptop? thanks Daniel |
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-----Original Message----- I'm surprised you can even open it since the file size limit for Word documents is still (AFAIK) 32 MB for text only (not counting graphics). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel Louwrens" wrote in message ... Hi, I have word 2002 on my PC at home and have a document that is 85 meg, it is just text, I have no problems with working with it at home but on my laptop it just freezes the system when I try to open it., I have Word 2000 on my Laptop. Is there some way I can reduce the size of the file or automatically split it into smaller files, that I can use individually on my Laptop? thanks Daniel . I have a book that is 912 pages and is only 4.1MB. http://www.moderncabinetmaking.com |
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I have a document that is 270 pages, with hundreds of tables and (linked)
photos and a huge index, and it is only 3.66 MB. Another document that is 584 pages (with index) and 1.81 MB. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chuck Davis" wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- I'm surprised you can even open it since the file size limit for Word documents is still (AFAIK) 32 MB for text only (not counting graphics). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel Louwrens" wrote in message ... Hi, I have word 2002 on my PC at home and have a document that is 85 meg, it is just text, I have no problems with working with it at home but on my laptop it just freezes the system when I try to open it., I have Word 2000 on my Laptop. Is there some way I can reduce the size of the file or automatically split it into smaller files, that I can use individually on my Laptop? thanks Daniel . I have a book that is 912 pages and is only 4.1MB. http://www.moderncabinetmaking.com |
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The file was a "print to file" from a
UNIX mainframe and saved as a .txt file then as a .doc, so I guess there is a lot of unnecessary formatting code, the file is still 11 meg when it is zipped up, so it is not a matter of open spaces, is there a possibility that I can fix that by resaving with another protocol? Daniel "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I have a document that is 270 pages, with hundreds of tables and (linked) photos and a huge index, and it is only 3.66 MB. Another document that is 584 pages (with index) and 1.81 MB. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chuck Davis" wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- I'm surprised you can even open it since the file size limit for Word documents is still (AFAIK) 32 MB for text only (not counting graphics). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel Louwrens" wrote in message ... Hi, I have word 2002 on my PC at home and have a document that is 85 meg, it is just text, I have no problems with working with it at home but on my laptop it just freezes the system when I try to open it., I have Word 2000 on my Laptop. Is there some way I can reduce the size of the file or automatically split it into smaller files, that I can use individually on my Laptop? thanks Daniel . I have a book that is 912 pages and is only 4.1MB. http://www.moderncabinetmaking.com |
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Ah, that would be a horse of a different color! You might want to post in
word.printing.fonts, where someone might be able to come up with a better suggestion. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel Louwrens" wrote in message ... The file was a "print to file" from a UNIX mainframe and saved as a .txt file then as a .doc, so I guess there is a lot of unnecessary formatting code, the file is still 11 meg when it is zipped up, so it is not a matter of open spaces, is there a possibility that I can fix that by resaving with another protocol? Daniel "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I have a document that is 270 pages, with hundreds of tables and (linked) photos and a huge index, and it is only 3.66 MB. Another document that is 584 pages (with index) and 1.81 MB. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chuck Davis" wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- I'm surprised you can even open it since the file size limit for Word documents is still (AFAIK) 32 MB for text only (not counting graphics). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel Louwrens" wrote in message ... Hi, I have word 2002 on my PC at home and have a document that is 85 meg, it is just text, I have no problems with working with it at home but on my laptop it just freezes the system when I try to open it., I have Word 2000 on my Laptop. Is there some way I can reduce the size of the file or automatically split it into smaller files, that I can use individually on my Laptop? thanks Daniel . I have a book that is 912 pages and is only 4.1MB. http://www.moderncabinetmaking.com |
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