[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I don't think that more sections is likely to help. I would link the
graphics, rather than embed them in the document and to improve performance
during editing, check the "Picture Placeholders" box under
ToolsOptionsView.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Nancy" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have been getting reports from co-workers that their large documents are
crashing frequently; however I'm not based in the same office, so I'm
unable
to see it in action. I have been pouring over this site and the usual
others
(mvp, shauna kelly, addbalance, word tips, etc) reading up on suggestions
of
what not to do in Word (don't use nested tables, versions, master
documents,
fast saves, etc.) and the only thing that I can think that users are doing
are not applying the styles properly and are causing the documents to
bloat
with manual formatting. These documents are no more than 3-4 mb and 100 -
200 pages at the absolute max; however they are using a fair amount of
graphics (.png) and a lot of tables.

I was wondering if using more sections in a doc may be a strategy to help
prevent crashing? I will also take any other suggestions!

Thanks,
Nancy