Re: Working with large documents in Word

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Hi Raj

As many people have voted against using the word for authoring such a big
doc, I too feel the same.

Whatever suggestions given for maintaining the format for huge doc is
applicable to smaller docs also....

So why to take risk...at the time of delivery if things goes for a
toss.....it will be huge impact...The template is very crucial, as u know if
that gets corrupted...you would end up spending the same time in
restructuring the doc....

As a matter of fact I have got last moment do or die situations that happens
after after review some times (many a times)

The Styles / formats / template goes for a toss, reason known only to
creators of word application.

It will be big time screw up, have practically faced this....sat for hours
and days to rectify the template...

Best is to avoid using a single doc to hold so many pages of content
(inclusive of images, flowcharts, styles, macros)

Still if you have space and time...you can experiment as suggested......

Regards

On 8/9/07, Raj Machhan <raj -dot- machhan -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I will get straight to the point. I understand MS Word is more of a word
> processor than a publishing tool. But since it is widely available, a
> number of companies are now using it for documentation, for print as well
> as
> the Web.
> I am presently working on a large document, already 800 pages and more to
> come, using MS Word. The application, however, is getting quirkier by the
> hour as I add new content. Has anyone been through this? It would be a big
> help if you could share your experience.
>
> Raj
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