Hi Joachim,
What exactly happens when a long document becomes
unstable? Does pagination fail? Do we lose pages?
Worst case scenario: you can't open the document at all (or
only in "Recover text from any document" mode).
Best case scenario: something starts behaving oddly, warning
you that you need to take action before the document fails
completely.
But there's no way to predict exactly what behavior you'd
see, as the things that can go wrong can vary quite a bit.
As a general rule, you're best off using Word 2002 or 2003
since it has the best document recovery system.
And what are the limit on chapters that include graphics
and tables? I know it varies, but this will be a graphic
intensive book. What is a guess, conservatively?
I don't know of any specific recommendations one can make. A
lot is really dependent on the system: how much memory, how
efficient, how stable the network connection is...
Really, the only reliable guideline is, if it starts to slow
down noticeably when you save or open, it's probably time to
think about breaking it down into separate files.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word
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