Slow with large tables

[Mike Sibley]

Word is getting really slow in responding as the length of a table in a
document grows. The display on the screen is not keeping up with the
typing. The table is currently 67 pages. Is this just the way it is with
large tables, or is there some fix?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I think that's pretty much just the way it is with long tables, and 67 pages
certainly qualifies as long.

Is there anywhere you can break the table, put a subheading as a paragraph
instead of a row of cells? Or break it temporarily for editing.

Normal view might be faster.

 

[Clive Huggan]

In support of what Daiya is saying: Click where you want to have a break in
the table -> Table menu -> Split table. To get rid of the resulting
paragraph mark later, hit the Forward Delete key.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 7 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[Jeffrey Weston [MSFT]]

Hey, hey...

Which I don't think has been mentioned here before is to select the Table,
and in Table | Properties, Row Tab, and uncheck "Allow row to break across
pages". (Which is checked by default)

In Page Layout View, working in a row broken across to pages can make things
a little slower.

Thanks
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Jeffrey Weston
Mac Word Test
Macintosh Business Unit
Microsoft

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[Mike]

After searching the usergroup, I found a BUNCH of things to turn on or off,
but the only thing that helped was to use Table Split every 10 pages or so.
Thanks to all!