I'd STRONGLY suggest you check out this article: www.mousetrax.com/mastdoc.html. 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 9:56 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: WORD 2000 FILE LIMITS Current sizes of the book right now are: Vol 1: 2G Vol 2: 2.1G Vol 3: 3.2G Vol 4: ~about~ 3.7G Do you have recommended/suggested maximum sizes? (For those wondering, "how far has he gone back?" I have gone to 1584.) Thank you. Robert At 09:43 AM 10/26/2003, you wrote: ><<The file wasn't too big, still hovering about 11G. >(There are thousands of photos, hundreds of jpgs, etc. in the book. I >did NOT want to lose it.)>> > >Yes..and Robert...be real careful...the larger the document, the >greater the chances of corruption..personally, I think an 11gig Word >doc is WAY too big..if it were me, I would break that doc up now, >before the corruption returns. > > >Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS >Linda's Computer Stop >http://personal-computer-tutor.com >Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials > ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************