Word 2000 - Large Document Crashes Computer!

[danadams1111]

Can a word document be too big?
I am writing a book and recently the file has started crashing my computer.
It doesn't freeze, there is no error message it simply resets as though I'd
hit the reset button. The file is 1,282Kb in size. Norton can't find anything
wrong with it, neither can Spysweeper - Its a very important file to me (yes
it is backed up) but it is becoming rather frustrating. Any ideas anybody has
would be most welcome!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

While a document can be too big for Word to handle, you aren't anywhere near
the limit of 32 Mb. It can, though, be corrupted.
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/document_corruption.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

You may want to take a look at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm as well.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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[TF]

I agree with Charles. It sounds like time for a clean up of your computer
too after all those crashes. For advice on this see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

When you say Norton, do you mean Norton Anti Virus? If you do have NAV, open
NAV and disable the Office Plug-in option.



: Can a word document be too big?
: I am writing a book and recently the file has started crashing my
computer.
: It doesn't freeze, there is no error message it simply resets as though
I'd
: hit the reset button. The file is 1,282Kb in size. Norton can't find
anything
: wrong with it, neither can Spysweeper - Its a very important file to me
(yes
: it is backed up) but it is becoming rather frustrating. Any ideas anybody
has
: would be most welcome!