[DeanH]

Maybe that poster was someone I work with who always talks about LARGE files
with problems, I then have a look and the large file is 4.2mb ;-)
Would be interesting if that poster and Luke will come back will the details
of there situations.
DeanH

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Hi Dean -

Just FYI on a similar note... I ran into a poster the other day who claimed
to be trying to open a text file - no graphics or embedded objects - 4.2*GB*
in size! I've not heard back as to from where or *how* he obtained it.

--
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
Office:Mac MVP

"DeanH" wrote in message
news
I have in the past rescued files of 250Mb (usually due to inserted Visio
images)
but never a Gig file!
Lets hope we hear back from Luke as to the cause and the solution.
DeanH

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The text limit for Word is 32 mb! This can be exceeded by graphics etc,
but
1 gb seems to be pushing that limit to places it was not intended to go.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



DeanH wrote:
Is this size due to content, an embedded file or two, or a corruption?
Word does have a maximum working file size and I believe that 1Gb is
over this limit by a tad.
You may be able to extract the text by doing one of the following.
1. Open and Repair, in the File Open dialog, there is a
downward-pointing arrow on the right end of the Open button. After
choosing the file, click that arrow to get a small menu. Click "Open
and Repair" in that menu.
2. If all else fails, go back to the Open dialog in Word and set the
"Files of type" box to "Recover Text from Any File". You'll get a lot
of garbage, but some or all of the text should be there.

If this document was sent to you by someone, ask them to take out
whatever is causing the bloat, here are some pointers as to what can
cause bloat.
1. Fast Saves: Disable this at on the Save tab of Tools | Options.
2. Preview Pictu Clear the check box on the Summary tab of File |
Properties.
3. Versions (File | Versions): Make sure "Automatically save version
on close" is not turned on.
4. Revisions (Tools | Track Changes):
Highlight Changes: Make sure "Highlight changes on screen" is
turned on (or that "Final Showing Markup" is displayed).
Accept/Reject Changes: If "Accept All" or "Reject All" is available
then revisions are present; accept or reject all changes, then turn
Track Changes off.
5. Keep track of formatting (Tools | Options | Edit). This is
reportedly a major cause of file bloat in Word 2002 and above.
6. Embedded True Type fonts (Tools | Options | Save); embedding fonts
should be avoided wherever possible.
7. Embedded linguistic data (Tools | Options | Save).
8. Embedded graphics: When feasible, it is preferable to link the
graphics. That is, when you insert the graphic, click the arrow
beside Insert in the Picture dialog and choose Link to File rather
than Insert or Insert and Link.
9. Embedded objects: These are even worse than ordinary graphics
saved with the document. If you see an { EMBED } code, the graphic is
an OLE object. Unless you need to be able to edit the object in
place, unlink it using Ctrl+Shift+F9.
10. File format: Make sure you are saving as a Word document; in some
cases .rtf (Rich Text Format) files are significantly larger than
.doc files.
11. Document corruption: See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm.

Come back if you still have a problem, and also please come back if
you do solve this problem so we can all know what caused a Gig of
bloat!

Best of luck
DeanH





"computer worker" wrote:

Hi,
I am trying to open a 1GB (One Gigabyte) word document in word 2003
I get an error message saying the document is to large when I
attempt this.

Any soultions or suggustions would be much appreciated.

Thanks


Luke