[Clarendon]

Does Word file have a size limit? What is the maximum number of words a Word
file can contain without getting sluggish or making problems?

Thanks.

[JoAnn Paules]

Limitations:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211489

Sluggishness:
That will depend on the system you are running Word on.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does Word file have a size limit? What is the maximum number of words a
Word
file can contain without getting sluggish or making problems?

Thanks.

[JoAnn Paules]

Limitations:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211489

Sluggishness:
That will depend on the system you are running Word on.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does Word file have a size limit? What is the maximum number of words a
Word
file can contain without getting sluggish or making problems?

Thanks.

[Clarendon]

Thanks. I am using Word 2007 on Win XP. Is there a point in file size where
the program starts performing less than ideal because of the large size
although it hasn't reached the parameter limit?

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Limitations:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211489

Sluggishness:
That will depend on the system you are running Word on.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does Word file have a size limit? What is the maximum number of words a
Word
file can contain without getting sluggish or making problems?

Thanks.


.

[Clarendon]

Thanks. I am using Word 2007 on Win XP. Is there a point in file size where
the program starts performing less than ideal because of the large size
although it hasn't reached the parameter limit?

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Limitations:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211489

Sluggishness:
That will depend on the system you are running Word on.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does Word file have a size limit? What is the maximum number of words a
Word
file can contain without getting sluggish or making problems?

Thanks.


.

[Yves Dhondt]

Probably.

Memory, processor, disc access speed, ... all those things will have an
influence on how good Word runs. But all those things are also influenced by
all other processes (programs) running on your computer at the same time
Word is running. Even your operating system will influence the performance
of Word.

The content of your document will also influence the way Word works.
Creating an empty Word document with only one image of 1GB will probably be
easy to process. Creating a document with 50MB of text where each character
is formatted differently, will probably be much harder to handle. Still, the
size of the second document will be smaller. Size isn't everything,
complexity also has a big influence.

If you have a specific job in mind for Word and you are concerned that Word
can't handle it, it might be interesting to post the details of the work.
That way, people with a lot of experience with Word might be able to give
some advise. On such a general question like you are asking now, there is no
real answer.

Yves

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I am using Word 2007 on Win XP. Is there a point in file size
where
the program starts performing less than ideal because of the large size
although it hasn't reached the parameter limit?

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Limitations:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211489

Sluggishness:
That will depend on the system you are running Word on.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does Word file have a size limit? What is the maximum number of words a
Word
file can contain without getting sluggish or making problems?

Thanks.


.

[Yves Dhondt]

Probably.

Memory, processor, disc access speed, ... all those things will have an
influence on how good Word runs. But all those things are also influenced by
all other processes (programs) running on your computer at the same time
Word is running. Even your operating system will influence the performance
of Word.

The content of your document will also influence the way Word works.
Creating an empty Word document with only one image of 1GB will probably be
easy to process. Creating a document with 50MB of text where each character
is formatted differently, will probably be much harder to handle. Still, the
size of the second document will be smaller. Size isn't everything,
complexity also has a big influence.

If you have a specific job in mind for Word and you are concerned that Word
can't handle it, it might be interesting to post the details of the work.
That way, people with a lot of experience with Word might be able to give
some advise. On such a general question like you are asking now, there is no
real answer.

Yves

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I am using Word 2007 on Win XP. Is there a point in file size
where
the program starts performing less than ideal because of the large size
although it hasn't reached the parameter limit?

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

Limitations:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211489

Sluggishness:
That will depend on the system you are running Word on.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does Word file have a size limit? What is the maximum number of words a
Word
file can contain without getting sluggish or making problems?

Thanks.


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