HUGE Publisher file

[AK_Paul]

A client of mine is working on a 302MB Publisher Pro 2003 file (it's a
5-year-old Precision 340), and her PC keeps locking up on her while working
with it. She's got drive space limitations (1GB left of 20), but gets the
same lockup issues with other computers in her office. I have an appt. with
her today at 2PM, and will try to open it on a more robust machine in the
office...

Has anyone else made such a large Publisher file successfully? If so, how,
and what are your hardware specs? I'm wondering if Publisher is the

Thanks,
Paul

 

[Mary Sauer]

Lots of Pictures? Turn off detailed display (view, pictures).. Open a new
publication, open the design checker options, choose your preferred options
before opening your large file otherwise it may take forever to check. The
Design Checker might help you understand the file size. I will say 302MB is
large.

Use to be a Publisher file could be 2GB, I'm sure it is around that size now.
Depends on one's patience when opening the file. I remember the days when
re-draws were the norm.

Check to see if you can update your graphics/video driver.

 

[John Inzer]

Lots of Pictures? Turn off detailed display (view, pictures).. Open a
new publication, open the design checker options, choose your
preferred options before opening your large file otherwise it may
take forever to check. The Design Checker might help you understand
the file size. I will say 302MB is large.

Use to be a Publisher file could be 2GB, I'm sure it is around that
size now. Depends on one's patience when opening the file. I remember
the days when re-draws were the norm.

Check to see if you can update your graphics/video driver.

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Re-draws...I remember creating a catalog
in Win 3.1 using Pub 2.0. When I would drag
an object across the screen I could see every
re-draw as it gradually moved to the new
position. And these were just simple line
drawings. But I never had a crash or freeze...
all I needed was patience...lots of it.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

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me may not work for you

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[Mary Sauer]

Remember .PCX images? I still have a bunch of them. My first draw program
(Windows Draw by Microgafx) was wonderful. Harvard Graphics FX was good, but
complicated. Sure beat bitmaps.

 

[John Inzer]

Remember .PCX images? I still have a bunch of them. My first draw
program (Windows Draw by Microgafx) was wonderful. Harvard Graphics
FX was good, but complicated. Sure beat bitmaps.

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Yeah, the good 'ole days.

Does that mean we are....errr....uhhh....getting old?

I like to think of it as maturing.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk