Hello Antoine and [whoever],
There are various possibilities for your problem but I don't think we are
likely to track down the specifics easily.
If only one file is involved (i.e., you won't be having this problem
repeatedly with successive files), and if the solution you mentioned "only
works tem****arily" (i.e., you can actually open the file) I would
recommend
that you copy, say, a third of the file then open a new blank do***ent and
choose Edit menu => Paste Special => Unformatted text (in Word 2008 it may
be different; I'm in Word 2004). Repeat for the other two-thirds of the
do***ent.
Then, in the new do***ent, re-apply the formatting (if you can print the
5.3
MB file that would be useful). You will be far better off applying the
formatting via styles rather than directly*. For example, you would apply
Heading 1 to the first chapter heading, then look for the second chapter
heading, drop the insertion point anywhere in it and key Command-y. I have
re-formatted 200-page do***ents with frequent headings this way in well
under 30 minutes.
Your new do***ent will be far more compact. If it's a very long do***ent
and
over say 2 MB, you can always split it and re-join at the last moment, of
course.
* For the many reasons, see pages 91-93 of some notes on the way I use
Word
for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a
free
download from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).
Cheers,
Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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On 4/5/08 6:20 AM, in article ee9a716.0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"AntoineP@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <AntoineP@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have the same problem with two files transferred from Windows. I have
had
> cra****ng issues since I started using Office 2008. The Microsoft sup****t
team
> advised me to delete the Microsoft and preferences files from the
library. It
> works but only tem****arily.
>
> I have been told by a page designer that Office uses too much RAM and
that
> might cause the crash. Others I consulted do not agree with that
explanation.
>
> So I am stuck too. Maybe we can help each other find a solution.
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