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Subject:Re: New TECHWR-L Poll Question - Word Doc Sizes From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 9 Jan 2006 08:52:56 -0500
> What is the longest Word document you have successfully worked with?
>
> * More than 1,000 pages
But...
;-)
It stuck to a rigid template of minimal styles (IIRC there were under
15 paragraph styles), used minimal images, section breaks only as
needed, and I had all auto-anything options in Word disabled, saving
often, and cleaning temp directories before opening and after closing
the file, every time.
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