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Laura
I have a Word 2003 document that is about 6.1MB and consists of text, images,
and tables. When Word starts up with this file, the image is about 22MB. Each
time I save the document, it consumes another 4-5MB of memory, regardless of
the change. I tried things as simple as adding or deleting a semicolon, and
still, Word keeps grabbing more memory.
This is problematic as earlier today, I had been editing the same file,
saving every 3-4 changes, for over 24 hours. Word suddenly could not save
any more. When I looked at the task manager, it was consuming almost 1GB
(yes, gigabyte!) of memory. To make matters worse, since it couldn't save
the document, it lost all the change made in the editing session (it blew
away the last image from disk), regardless of whether I had saved them or
not, and when I closed Word, it destroyed the recovery file. This is a
critical error that Microsoft should address.
and tables. When Word starts up with this file, the image is about 22MB. Each
time I save the document, it consumes another 4-5MB of memory, regardless of
the change. I tried things as simple as adding or deleting a semicolon, and
still, Word keeps grabbing more memory.
This is problematic as earlier today, I had been editing the same file,
saving every 3-4 changes, for over 24 hours. Word suddenly could not save
any more. When I looked at the task manager, it was consuming almost 1GB
(yes, gigabyte!) of memory. To make matters worse, since it couldn't save
the document, it lost all the change made in the editing session (it blew
away the last image from disk), regardless of whether I had saved them or
not, and when I closed Word, it destroyed the recovery file. This is a
critical error that Microsoft should address.