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what is the maximum size for word 2003 documents
Is there a maximum size for word 2003 document, I know there is a 32 Mbyte
limit for word 200 which excludes graphics but is there an actual total physical limit. |
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:11:03 -0800, Nigelb
wrote: Is there a maximum size for word 2003 document, I know there is a 32 Mbyte limit for word 200 which excludes graphics but is there an actual total physical limit. The physical limit is the point at which the document and its temporary files fill the available space on the drive where you store the document. The document itself will be about a third to half of that. Are you planning on pushing that limit? :-) By the way, this is one reason working with documents on floppy drives is dangerous. They fill up far faster than you think and then corrupt the document. Always work on the hard drive. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Jay,
What then is the 32 Mbyte specified? We have some VERY large documents currently 216 pages and 38 Mbytes that cannot really be broken down into sections. Problem is that our document management system takes forever to open these large documents. All data is on server drive so there is virtually no space limitations. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:11:03 -0800, Nigelb wrote: Is there a maximum size for word 2003 document, I know there is a 32 Mbyte limit for word 200 which excludes graphics but is there an actual total physical limit. The physical limit is the point at which the document and its temporary files fill the available space on the drive where you store the document. The document itself will be about a third to half of that. Are you planning on pushing that limit? :-) By the way, this is one reason working with documents on floppy drives is dangerous. They fill up far faster than you think and then corrupt the document. Always work on the hard drive. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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As you said yourself in the original post, the 32Mbyte limit is for the text
part of the document, excluding the graphics. Understand that I've never tried to see whether that limit is strictly enforced, or what happens when you try to exceed it. To minimize document file size, don't embed graphics in the documents but link them instead. The time it takes to open large documents has very little to do with any physical limits on file size. It's related to your network bandwidth, and the CPU speed and available memory on your workstations. It also helps to have the latest printer driver and video driver for your equipment, as Word pushes these components very hard. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Nigelb wrote: Jay, What then is the 32 Mbyte specified? We have some VERY large documents currently 216 pages and 38 Mbytes that cannot really be broken down into sections. Problem is that our document management system takes forever to open these large documents. All data is on server drive so there is virtually no space limitations. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:11:03 -0800, Nigelb wrote: Is there a maximum size for word 2003 document, I know there is a 32 Mbyte limit for word 200 which excludes graphics but is there an actual total physical limit. The physical limit is the point at which the document and its temporary files fill the available space on the drive where you store the document. The document itself will be about a third to half of that. Are you planning on pushing that limit? :-) By the way, this is one reason working with documents on floppy drives is dangerous. They fill up far faster than you think and then corrupt the document. Always work on the hard drive. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Thanks Jay,
The problem is that our document management system simply zips the document and stores the zip file against a web based index sytem using Tomcat. We cannot break down documents into sub documents or hyperling as the links get lost. We have some VERY large documents that include a lot of pictures and graphics, guess we don't have any options. Thanks again "Jay Freedman" wrote: As you said yourself in the original post, the 32Mbyte limit is for the text part of the document, excluding the graphics. Understand that I've never tried to see whether that limit is strictly enforced, or what happens when you try to exceed it. To minimize document file size, don't embed graphics in the documents but link them instead. The time it takes to open large documents has very little to do with any physical limits on file size. It's related to your network bandwidth, and the CPU speed and available memory on your workstations. It also helps to have the latest printer driver and video driver for your equipment, as Word pushes these components very hard. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Nigelb wrote: Jay, What then is the 32 Mbyte specified? We have some VERY large documents currently 216 pages and 38 Mbytes that cannot really be broken down into sections. Problem is that our document management system takes forever to open these large documents. All data is on server drive so there is virtually no space limitations. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:11:03 -0800, Nigelb wrote: Is there a maximum size for word 2003 document, I know there is a 32 Mbyte limit for word 200 which excludes graphics but is there an actual total physical limit. The physical limit is the point at which the document and its temporary files fill the available space on the drive where you store the document. The document itself will be about a third to half of that. Are you planning on pushing that limit? :-) By the way, this is one reason working with documents on floppy drives is dangerous. They fill up far faster than you think and then corrupt the document. Always work on the hard drive. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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