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 > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq