Re: Big Word Docs?

["Martin Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk>]

I too have handled large (300+ page 3Meg+) word docs as a single file. The
way to do it is
1. Get RAM. Lots of RAM. So much RAM that the software is rattling around on
the inside and the motherboard bends under the weight of memory chips. You
can't have too much RAM.
2. Switch off Fast Save and any change tracking
3. Have only one TOC (avoid sub TOCs for chapters)
4. Minimise file size by optimising graphics (somebody else posted a URL)
and other elements
5. Do a "Save as" every so often to stabilise the file (I have a button for
this)
6. Pact with dark powers :)
M




<dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com> wrote in message news:148453 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
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> Annamaria Profit wrote:
> >
> > DAVIE!!!
> > You didn't answer my question!!!
>
> "Davie"?  No one has EVER called me that--not even my parents, not even
when
> I was small enough that it might have been an acceptable nickname.  >:(
>
> As for the question...when I have time to try to figure out what I do that
> might be making me more successful than others at creating large documents
> in Word, I'll turn it into the article that Deb has asked me to contribute
> to the Techwr-L web site.
>
> --David
>
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