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Word "Not Responding" when working with large file
I am operating Word 2003 on a relatively new PC with 512 Mb of memory. I am
working on a thesis that is approximately 30,000 words long, but due to the tables in the document, the file is 65 Mb. In most cases, the file is fairly easy to manage, but as soon as I try to format in any way, Word freezes (that dreaded hourglass hangs on the screen) and tells me that Word is not responding. Then I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del and restart Word. The formatting I refer to includes indents, bullets or numbering, changing normal font to bold, changing the colour of a cell in a table and so on. I have thought of splitting the document into smaller sections, but I have so many cross references and endnotes, I'm not game to try this. Am I doing something wrong? Is Word incapable of handling a file this large? Is there something I can do to improve performance? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. |
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Word "Not Responding" when working with large file
Working with very large documents is always going to be slow. If you work in
normal view with background pagination turned off (tools options general) then the processing overhead is less. Only switch to print layout when you are reasonably satisfied that the document is as you want it to be. The file may be corrupt. - display formatting characters - click ¶ or CTRL+* and copy all but the last paragraph mark into a new document. Turn off versioning - and use a macro to create separate versions http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm to keep the file sizes down. Most important of all - get rid of the mess you have made by crashing out of Word - http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and when Word says it is busy, give it the benefit of the doubt and go and make a coffee or something while it finishes. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Ilott wrote: I am operating Word 2003 on a relatively new PC with 512 Mb of memory. I am working on a thesis that is approximately 30,000 words long, but due to the tables in the document, the file is 65 Mb. In most cases, the file is fairly easy to manage, but as soon as I try to format in any way, Word freezes (that dreaded hourglass hangs on the screen) and tells me that Word is not responding. Then I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del and restart Word. The formatting I refer to includes indents, bullets or numbering, changing normal font to bold, changing the colour of a cell in a table and so on. I have thought of splitting the document into smaller sections, but I have so many cross references and endnotes, I'm not game to try this. Am I doing something wrong? Is Word incapable of handling a file this large? Is there something I can do to improve performance? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. |
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Word "Not Responding" when working with large file
Thank you Graham. The file must have been corrupt as it has reduced
considerably from 65 Mb to about 1 Mb. That's a big weight off my mind. Thanks so much. John "Graham Mayor" wrote: Working with very large documents is always going to be slow. If you work in normal view with background pagination turned off (tools options general) then the processing overhead is less. Only switch to print layout when you are reasonably satisfied that the document is as you want it to be. The file may be corrupt. - display formatting characters - click ¶ or CTRL+* and copy all but the last paragraph mark into a new document. Turn off versioning - and use a macro to create separate versions http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm to keep the file sizes down. Most important of all - get rid of the mess you have made by crashing out of Word - http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and when Word says it is busy, give it the benefit of the doubt and go and make a coffee or something while it finishes. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Ilott wrote: I am operating Word 2003 on a relatively new PC with 512 Mb of memory. I am working on a thesis that is approximately 30,000 words long, but due to the tables in the document, the file is 65 Mb. In most cases, the file is fairly easy to manage, but as soon as I try to format in any way, Word freezes (that dreaded hourglass hangs on the screen) and tells me that Word is not responding. Then I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del and restart Word. The formatting I refer to includes indents, bullets or numbering, changing normal font to bold, changing the colour of a cell in a table and so on. I have thought of splitting the document into smaller sections, but I have so many cross references and endnotes, I'm not game to try this. Am I doing something wrong? Is Word incapable of handling a file this large? Is there something I can do to improve performance? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. |
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Word "Not Responding" when working with large file
Make sure you keep copies. Next time it may not be recoverable
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Ilott wrote: Thank you Graham. The file must have been corrupt as it has reduced considerably from 65 Mb to about 1 Mb. That's a big weight off my mind. Thanks so much. John "Graham Mayor" wrote: Working with very large documents is always going to be slow. If you work in normal view with background pagination turned off (tools options general) then the processing overhead is less. Only switch to print layout when you are reasonably satisfied that the document is as you want it to be. The file may be corrupt. - display formatting characters - click ¶ or CTRL+* and copy all but the last paragraph mark into a new document. Turn off versioning - and use a macro to create separate versions http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm to keep the file sizes down. Most important of all - get rid of the mess you have made by crashing out of Word - http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and when Word says it is busy, give it the benefit of the doubt and go and make a coffee or something while it finishes. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Ilott wrote: I am operating Word 2003 on a relatively new PC with 512 Mb of memory. I am working on a thesis that is approximately 30,000 words long, but due to the tables in the document, the file is 65 Mb. In most cases, the file is fairly easy to manage, but as soon as I try to format in any way, Word freezes (that dreaded hourglass hangs on the screen) and tells me that Word is not responding. Then I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del and restart Word. The formatting I refer to includes indents, bullets or numbering, changing normal font to bold, changing the colour of a cell in a table and so on. I have thought of splitting the document into smaller sections, but I have so many cross references and endnotes, I'm not game to try this. Am I doing something wrong? Is Word incapable of handling a file this large? Is there something I can do to improve performance? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. |
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Word "Not Responding" when working with large file
Note also that the stated maximum file size for a *text* document is 32 MB.
The OP doesn't say whether the file contains graphics or not, but 65 MB of text alone would definitely choke Word. -- 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. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Make sure you keep copies. Next time it may not be recoverable -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Ilott wrote: Thank you Graham. The file must have been corrupt as it has reduced considerably from 65 Mb to about 1 Mb. That's a big weight off my mind. Thanks so much. John "Graham Mayor" wrote: Working with very large documents is always going to be slow. If you work in normal view with background pagination turned off (tools options general) then the processing overhead is less. Only switch to print layout when you are reasonably satisfied that the document is as you want it to be. The file may be corrupt. - display formatting characters - click ¶ or CTRL+* and copy all but the last paragraph mark into a new document. Turn off versioning - and use a macro to create separate versions http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm to keep the file sizes down. Most important of all - get rid of the mess you have made by crashing out of Word - http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and when Word says it is busy, give it the benefit of the doubt and go and make a coffee or something while it finishes. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Ilott wrote: I am operating Word 2003 on a relatively new PC with 512 Mb of memory. I am working on a thesis that is approximately 30,000 words long, but due to the tables in the document, the file is 65 Mb. In most cases, the file is fairly easy to manage, but as soon as I try to format in any way, Word freezes (that dreaded hourglass hangs on the screen) and tells me that Word is not responding. Then I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del and restart Word. The formatting I refer to includes indents, bullets or numbering, changing normal font to bold, changing the colour of a cell in a table and so on. I have thought of splitting the document into smaller sections, but I have so many cross references and endnotes, I'm not game to try this. Am I doing something wrong? Is Word incapable of handling a file this large? Is there something I can do to improve performance? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. |
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Word "Not Responding" when working with large file
How do I turn off versioning? Thank you!
"Graham Mayor" wrote: Working with very large documents is always going to be slow. If you work in normal view with background pagination turned off (tools options general) then the processing overhead is less. Only switch to print layout when you are reasonably satisfied that the document is as you want it to be. The file may be corrupt. - display formatting characters - click ¶ or CTRL+* and copy all but the last paragraph mark into a new document. Turn off versioning - and use a macro to create separate versions http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm to keep the file sizes down. Most important of all - get rid of the mess you have made by crashing out of Word - http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and when Word says it is busy, give it the benefit of the doubt and go and make a coffee or something while it finishes. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Ilott wrote: I am operating Word 2003 on a relatively new PC with 512 Mb of memory. I am working on a thesis that is approximately 30,000 words long, but due to the tables in the document, the file is 65 Mb. In most cases, the file is fairly easy to manage, but as soon as I try to format in any way, Word freezes (that dreaded hourglass hangs on the screen) and tells me that Word is not responding. Then I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del and restart Word. The formatting I refer to includes indents, bullets or numbering, changing normal font to bold, changing the colour of a cell in a table and so on. I have thought of splitting the document into smaller sections, but I have so many cross references and endnotes, I'm not game to try this. Am I doing something wrong? Is Word incapable of handling a file this large? Is there something I can do to improve performance? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. |
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Word "Not Responding" when working with large file
Check Word help under 'version'
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org MelissaG wrote: How do I turn off versioning? Thank you! "Graham Mayor" wrote: Working with very large documents is always going to be slow. If you work in normal view with background pagination turned off (tools options general) then the processing overhead is less. Only switch to print layout when you are reasonably satisfied that the document is as you want it to be. The file may be corrupt. - display formatting characters - click ¶ or CTRL+* and copy all but the last paragraph mark into a new document. Turn off versioning - and use a macro to create separate versions http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm to keep the file sizes down. Most important of all - get rid of the mess you have made by crashing out of Word - http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm and when Word says it is busy, give it the benefit of the doubt and go and make a coffee or something while it finishes. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org John Ilott wrote: I am operating Word 2003 on a relatively new PC with 512 Mb of memory. I am working on a thesis that is approximately 30,000 words long, but due to the tables in the document, the file is 65 Mb. In most cases, the file is fairly easy to manage, but as soon as I try to format in any way, Word freezes (that dreaded hourglass hangs on the screen) and tells me that Word is not responding. Then I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del and restart Word. The formatting I refer to includes indents, bullets or numbering, changing normal font to bold, changing the colour of a cell in a table and so on. I have thought of splitting the document into smaller sections, but I have so many cross references and endnotes, I'm not game to try this. Am I doing something wrong? Is Word incapable of handling a file this large? Is there something I can do to improve performance? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. |
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