I've started quittin firefox and word and shutting down the compute if I'm
going to be away from it for an hour or more. I havene't beenpaying
attantion but I think maybe it's helped me have fewer crashes. smile
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
books-being-scanned list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: MS Word Crashes, WAS: Re: Re:
Sighted proofer wanted
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9:51 PM
> Hi Cindy!
>
> Sometimes I have my browser, either Internet Explorer or
> FireFox open or Eudora or OpenBook at the same time as Word,
> but sometimes Word is the only app open and I still get
> those crashes as often. It breaks my concentration
> when I had to close Word and then open it and the file and
> find my place.
>
> I power down my PC every night.
>
> Debby
>
> At 07:21 PM 1/3/2010, Cindy wrote
> > I use Microsoft Word for the Mac, and it does
> frequently crash, usually when I have someyting like my
> being-scanned file open and am on the 'Net, too--sometimes
> when I'm proofing. I'm also invited to send a report to
> Apple, but on my husband's advice, now I don't bother. I
> just quit and reopen the file I was working. Then I
> can work away with no problems for quite a while.
> > Lately I've been quittng Word or Firefox and
> shutting down the computer when I'm going to be away from it
> for a while. It seems to me that it needs a rest. I seem o h
> ave fewer problems the next time I come back to work. My
> computer is pretty old.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection)
> and books-being-scanned list available at sites below
> >
> >
> >
> > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
> >
> > Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 1/3/10, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] MS Word Crashes, WAS:
> Re: Re: Sighted proofer wanted
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 4:03 PM
> > > Hi Jamie and everyone!
> > >
> > > This message reminded me of my problem.
> > >
> > > Until I joined the volunteer community to
> proofread, I had
> > > been using MS Word very lightly, since most of my
> writing is
> > > e-mail rather than word processing. Every
> book I have
> > > proofread whether it has been 100 and some odd
> pages, in the
> > > 200 or 300 range or larger, I can read for a
> while and then
> > > Word 2000 crashes, I get the offer saying that
> Word is not
> > > responding and to end the program, then Dr.
> Watson offers to
> > > have me send an error report to Microsoft.
> Bruce, (my
> > > husband) suggested the file was too big, and to
> split it up,
> > > which was so inconvenient, so I have done most of
> my
> > > proofreading in Wordpad and loading it in Word at
> the end to
> > > check for page breaks and anything that Wordpad
> can't handle
> > > like that.
> > >
> > > I'm running Windows XP Pro on a 3GHz machine with
> 2GB of
> > > Ram, I think and Window-Eyes 7.11.
> > >
> > > How large a file can MS Word handle
> comfortably? Has
> > > anyone other than Jamie had any kind of crash
> while
> > > proofreading? My computer doesn't crash,
> though, just
> > > Word.
> > >
> > > Debby
> > >
> > > At 08:43 PM 12/28/2009, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote
> > > > Cindy, I'm wondering if you can work on this
> one, or
> > > another sighted proofreader? I don't know what is
> in the
> > > file but it keeps crashing my computer, like it's
> too big or
> > > something, but it's only just over 2.5 mb.
> CookWise was
> > > almost 3 times that big and I didn't have a
> problem with
> > > that. The one time I did get it to load in Word I
> couldn't
> > > scroll down and then Word crashed.
> > > >
> > > > It's Copyediting and Proofreading for
> Dummies
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Jamie in Michigan
> > > >
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