The whole problem here seems to be that our poor friend can't OPEN the document. So all the suggestions on how to make it smaller by editing it, moving graphics outside etc, are great, but probably not much immediate help. My suggestion would be to reboot, and shut down every unneeded service. Then try opening the document. If that works, by all means try some of the suggestions regarding fixing it. But if it still doesn't open, I think you're in trouble. Maybe Star Office (free) can open it. How in the world did you manage to get an almost-1Gig Word document anyway? It sounds like Word is not the best tool for your purposes. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************