No problem. If you have a really good system and a later version of Word...you can up that limit to around 100-150 pages without much problem...I did a manual last week that was 75 pages and tons of section/images/styles and no issues at all. Realize that article WAS written some time ago with slower systems in mind...and it should probably be quantified per system...but an 11 gig file is totally outrageous!<lol> Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP & Instructor Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:27 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: WORD 2000 FILE LIMITS <Copy> Sorry, but your professor needs to get a grip on reality. I've been using Word since 1995 and anytime you have a huge file with lots of images and fancy stuff...it's not only gonna surely become corrupt, eventually, but you're wasting a ton of time opening/closing the doc and moving from page to page. Chop it into sub docs and make your life a lot easier. <End> I am reading your article right now. It looks like you will be getting a student for your advanced course in Word, after I take beginning Word. I wish my professor was still around, he now specializes in teaching Corporate Officers (president, ceo, treasurer, etc.), and I am dang sure he is telling them the same thing! After reading your article and noticing the 50 page suggested limit, I am rethinking my design here. If I am not careful, I am liable to spend a year re-typing this and I don't want to. <g> Hopefully, I can break it up better than that. Too bad I can't get you and my professor together. He used to brag how much he knew about Word and Excel that if we could prove him wrong, he would give that person an A and graduate him/her on the spot. "NEVER happen," he said. I would love to see you demo you know more. Thank you Dian. Robert ************************************************************* 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, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************