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Re. Copying Word files into one huge honkin' Word doc
Subject:Re. Copying Word files into one huge honkin' Word doc From:Roger Bell <RBell -at- OptioSoftware -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 May 2000 09:59:29 -0400
Nancy,
Your problem could be caused by a variety of things, including a corrupt
appendix file. Here are a some ideas:
If you want to avoid the "huge honkin' Word doc" altogether, get an add-on
product for Acrobat, such as Compose. You can then create each .pdf
separately and combine them into one .pdf (using any of several methods).
Compose will appear as a toolbar in Acrobat and allow you to link your TOC
and create thumbnails. Compose is a bit pricey though.
Another suggestion is to create a Word template that has a multi-chapter
format and use that from the beginning. This is of little help with your
current problem, but it could be of help in the future.
Finally, I have found Word has problems with huge files on some computers
and doesn't on others. Could be a lack of computer memory, not enough
processing power, or a corrupt Word installation.
And, remember, don't discount a possible corrupt appendix file.
Good luck,
Roger
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Subject: Copying Word files into one huge honkin' Word doc
From: "McDonald, Nancy A." <NMcDonal -at- wcom -dot- net>
Has anyone (duh) ever had this problem?? I'm putting many Word files
together into a "wholedoc" w/ some 220 pages to date. Now I am trying to
include the "appendix" and the first one is a 40-some page file (also Word)
which, whenever I try to paste into the wholedoc, I get a WinWord crash.
I've tried to copy/paste the appendix into a new doc, and no problem, no
crash.
I've also had a problem in the appendix, trying to delete a "total pgs"
field in the footer, and it was very difficult. But I did it. Tried to
re-copy into the wholedoc without the footer info, and same thing: WinWord
crash.
I'm beginning to think that the crash is happening with the huge doc which
just cannot handle any more data??
My alternative seems to be 2 separate PDFs... One for the chapters, and
another for the Appendix....?? (and that brings me to another question: How
to get several files into one PDF??)
