[access-uk] Re: Large word files
- From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 11:44:11 +0100
I take the formatting out of the documents as much as possible so I can open
them in Wordpad. Thanks.
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 10:16 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Large word files
Hi Barry
Has this got lots of complex formatting in it? If not, try opening it in
Word Pad.
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:26 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Large word files
> Thanks, George. It's reassuring, at least, to know that there is nothing
> wrong. My girlfriend likes to see the spell checker running while the
> document is open but I'm going to turn it off!
>
> Barry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:20 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Large word files
>
>
> Hi Barry,
>
> Actually, that sounds about right. What I find is that the
> file will actually be displaying on screen, but takes a
> while to complete. It's possible that your screen reader is
> just not able to do anything while that process is going on.
>
> Be thankful you don't have any pictures in it too.!
>
> Word does a huge amount of behind the scenes checking, so
> turning off all possible options may speed things up a bit.
> Things like interactive spellchecker, auto correct, etc..
>
> George.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry
>> Sent: 08 April 2005 16:56
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Large word files
>>
>> One file that is slow is 912kb. This has 142 pages of
> text.
>> I have bigger files that are books. I've removed all
>> formatting, put it into an easy font style and size,
> checked
>> the page set up and re-saved it, but it still takes a
> minute
>> or so to open.
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 4:27 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Large word files
>>
>>
>> Hi Barry,
>>
>> What do YOU define as "large" in terms of size?
>>
>> George.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry
>> > Sent: 08 April 2005 15:43
>> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [access-uk] Large word files
>> >
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > When I open a large .doc file in word, it takes at least
> a
>>
>> > minute before I can use it. I have 1mb of Ram and a
>> Pentium
>> > 4 3.5 processor, which I think should be fast enough to
>> open
>> > these files almost instantly. Could it be Google
> desktop
>> > that is slowing it down? I'm using Office 2003 on a XP
>> pro
>> > machine with JFW 5.1 pro.
>> >
>> > If anyone can tell me how to speed this up without
>> > un-installing Google, I'd really appreciate it.
>> >
>> > Barry H
>> >
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