In the Word for Windows 3.11 days and while using a DX4 66 PC, I used to cleanup graphics-rich Word documents that frequently exceeded 25MB in size. The files were very slow and took forever to print and on one occasion I had to edit one of these files on a DX2 25 laptop while overseas and it took 8 seconds for the cursor to move one character space when editing (truly, we timed it). A couple of months later, we upgraded to Windows 95 on a Pentium PC and I have never experienced any major problems since. Since then, the biggest single Word document I have produced ran to just over 500 pages, was graphics rich and only when I got to the 450 page mark or so did it cause any problems and even then it was only with the printing. That was 7 years ago and I was using either Word 95 or 98. So I guess what I am saying is that Word will allow some pretty large documents without any problems. Just keep your graphic sizes down (use SnagIt rather than <PrtScn> etc) and be careful about what you link to the document. But having said all that, the most robust tool to use for large documents is FrameMaker. Cheers, Bruce -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bill parker Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2007 9:00 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Microsoft word size limit? Folks, Is there a practical limit to the size of a Word document? I am being asked to compile a series of SOPs for a lab that cover 9 areas of work each with several sub sections. The aim is to have one document on-line and that has a complete index to all sections. A few of the documents are already 1MB in size. Any advice welcome. Bill -- Dr Bill Parker Editor "Solar Progress" ON-LINE The ANZSES Journal Box 322 Mount Lawley 6929 Australia Phone 08 9272 9955 0403 583 676 http://www.sustainablehouseday.com http://www.anzses.org ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.6/1150 - Release Date: 11/24/2007 5:58 PM ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************