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Max number of tables in Word 2003
We write some rather large Word files with 400+ pages, 100+ tables and
100+ images (drawings and photos). Currently in one particular document I have about 120 tables and about 150 pages that would be better done as tables but I was told that in the past Word has choked on large number of tables (obviously more than 120). Is anyone aware of a limit or is it more likely they had some other issue, I am not aware of? I would hate to invest days to convert the text to tables only to find this doesn't work. Using Office 2003 on machines with XP, 3+GHz, 1Gb ram files can be local or network thx mt |
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Max number of tables in Word 2003
I can attest that I have done a document with many fairly short tables (as
well as many photographs--it was a family history book, and I used tables for the genealogies), and it presents no performance issues on a properly specced system (it did labor a bit on an old underpowered one). Of course, it is true that I had weird problems with the index in that document, but I can't really attribute that to the tables. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... wrote: We write some rather large Word files with 400+ pages, 100+ tables and 100+ images (drawings and photos). Currently in one particular document I have about 120 tables and about 150 pages that would be better done as tables but I was told that in the past Word has choked on large number of tables (obviously more than 120). Is anyone aware of a limit or is it more likely they had some other issue, I am not aware of? I would hate to invest days to convert the text to tables only to find this doesn't work. Using Office 2003 on machines with XP, 3+GHz, 1Gb ram files can be local or network thx mt The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211489 doesn't document any specific maximum number of tables, and I doubt that there is any limit. However, tables impose a heavier computational load on the layout engine than does ordinary text, and many Word versions have had performance and stability problems with tables -- more with very large tables than with many small ones. Read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...FastTables.htm for some best-practices advice. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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