The continuing saga of my large document... please help before I destroy my laptop

goldentouch

I'm making a large document. It's up to 470 pages so far and ther'e more to be added (100?).

Word has started to not respond and get stuck. This is v unusual because I'm on a mac.

Is there a limit to document size in word? It is about 2.1 mb so far

espresso

There obviously is a limit but it's much more than 2.1Mb!

steve_r123

goldentouch wrote:

Word has started to not respond and get stuck. This is v unusual because I'm on a mac.

Have you checked for updates from Microsoft, and also try repairing your disk permissions

bootcampbilly

Can you not break it up into smaller pieces?
Like Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3.... and save them like that?

goldentouch

steve_r123 wrote:

Have you checked for updates from Microsoft, and also try repairing your disk permissions

I just did that. All up to date

I'm going to work on some files separately to the main doc and then try and insert them when they're tidy.

goldentouch

bootcampbilly wrote:

Can you not break it up into smaller pieces?
Like Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3.... and save them like that?

I would prefer that... and I have done it as well, but for some reason I'm advised to do it like this to print

goldentouch

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Oh no!!

So I was working on a separate document (with the big one open in the background) and when I tried to cut and paste something I had a message, 'you have insufficient memory. save document now'

Wassat mean!? *panic taking over*

spurs1234

This could be the reason your getting problems in the first place you may need more RAM although Mac's are good some times they need a bit of maintenace too

goldentouch

spurs1234 wrote:

This could be the reason your getting problems in the first place you may need more RAM although Mac's are good some times they need a bit of maintenace too

Short term fix?

I'm on a deadline here. Shall I delete photos/music etc?

goldentouch

Ian_Griffiths wrote:

Is there a reason why this can't be separate files?

I'm told to do it this way

goldentouch

... and I just thought. Will my printer's memory be ok? It's only a basic one