Thread: How to manage a Large Document that is very slow to edit and hangs
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Old 01-08-2024, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon View Post
  1. Use Styles for almost all formatting The Importance of Styles in Microsoft Word
  2. Avoid manual page breaks, use Page Break before paragraph formatting in your styles. Moving/Reorganizing Pages in Microsoft Word
  3. If at all possible keep tables to less than five pages
  4. To the extent possible have images in-line-with text and use Tables instead of Text Boxes
  5. Do not use the Master Documents "Feature" in Microsoft Word, instead, if you split into separate parts use RD fields
  1. Styles - used for headings. Occasional bold and font change used in the body
  2. Manual page breaks - a few of those. Will try your suggestion but not hopeful!
  3. Tables - largest is 6 pages - another is 3 pages. Rest are <1 page. The one 12 page table is in 2 columns (= 6 pages) causes the whole thing to freak out. Shoud I split to single page tables? Editing then not practical as it is a sorted list.
  4. No text boxes. All images in line
  5. Master Docs - I read a lot about them not working. What are RD fields?
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