Files take 6 minutes to save

[Gary B.]

I have a 200 page document with 100 pictures. When I save it, it takes around
6 or 7 minutes to save. I have my document saved on an external hard drive
and it still takes forever. Anyone have an idea how to resolve this.

 

[Matt Beals]

Get rid of the pictures... Seriously...

At best you could down sample the images to a lower resolution. Be
careful not to go too low, like less than 200 DPI.

A layout that takes that long to save with that many images is probably
at least 100MB. I'd say you're getting off easy... And if you are saving
it to a USB hard drive, or a flash drive, you should consider using
FireWire. USB 2.0 is still horribly slow.

 

[DavidF]

Reference: Compress Pictures dialog box (2007):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100363901033.aspx?pid=CL100605171033

Reference: Compress graphics file sizes to create smaller Publisher Web
pages (2003):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011266301033.aspx

DavidF

 

[Ed Bennett]

A layout that takes that long to save with that many images is probably
at least 100MB. I'd say you're getting off easy... And if you are saving
it to a USB hard drive, or a flash drive, you should consider using
FireWire. USB 2.0 is still horribly slow.

Or, if at all possible, eSATA.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Never save a file directly to removeable media. Save it to your hard drive
first then copy it over to the media within Windows Explorer.

 

[Matt Beals]

Especially a large one like this that is prone to data corruption.

 

[Gary B.]

Your answer was most helpful. The document is a biography for my kids and
like a photo album, each page has several pictures. It's a long term goal and
I expect to keep typing in it for several more years. Is there any other
documents to type a book? Micr. Word was too difficult to manage the graphics
and pictures. I like seeing the pics after they are insertedand printing them
for proof reading. Any suggestions on what software to use would be great. I
love publisher and how easy it is to work in but I need something to manage
at least 400 pages with pics. Thanks for all your help in advance.

Gary

 

[Matt Beals]

For on going works like this there is no easy way to handle it. The
biggest problem you will have is legacy files. What happens to your
family album if in 2 years Publisher is no longer a product? All of that
effort is lost.

The only practical way to work through this is to convert each section
to a PDF. You may want to break each year, decade, etc. into their own
separate PDF's.

It was announced recently that Adobe PDF is now an official ISO
standard. Meaning it is now a true world wide standard that is available
for all to implement. So you have a lot more longevity in the PDF
standard. Not to mention us "Mac users" will be able to read the PDF's.
Of course, what if there is no Windows in 20 years? Then what?? So you
really be better off converting the layouts to PDF as soon as they are
completed.

matt