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Subject:Re: Practical Limits of Files Size in MS Word From:"Mary T. Shaw" <smartblonde57 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:06:46 -0700 (PDT)
--- Anthony <anthony_colello -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Trying to decide whether or not to recommend to my
> client that they convert their publications to Adobe
> FrameMaker or stay with MS Word. While I know that
> MS
> Word has severe limitations on the number of pages
> per
> file as well as sheer file size, I have never had a
> file crash on me personally. So the specific
> parameters of these limits are sketchy to me.
>
> In terms of the number of pages and/or sheer file
> size
> (in bytes), what do you feel the practical limit is
> for a file when using MS Word?
Offhand, I can't say much about file size comparisons,
but here's a site that contains some good Word vs.
Frame comparison data: http://www.scriptorium.com/framew.html
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