Publisher 2002 locking up consistantly

[Marsha]

I have a picture directory I am creating. It has headshot
pictures (~ 2 MB ea). There are ~ 20 pictures in the file
(along w/ some personal info on each person). The file is
currently 53MB. I have about 15-20 more pictures to add.
The last several days every time I add a picture and go to
save, Publisher locks up. It asks me if I want to send an
error rpt to Microsoft (which I have done once) then it
shuts down and reopens. I have tried 6 times today and
have only been able to save one of the pictures.

Last year I did this same directory but used a different
camera and the headshots were only 1/4-1/2 MB each. Not
sure if there is a size limit to a Publisher file??

Service Pac 1 is loaded but I have not loaded Pac 2. I've
asked our technical person to do this soon but found this
newsgroup and thought I'd pose the question here.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. For now, I'm stuck!
THANKS!

 

[Ed Bennett]

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

I have about 15-20 more pictures to add.
The last several days every time I add a picture and go to
save, Publisher locks up. It asks me if I want to send an
error rpt to Microsoft (which I have done once) then it
shuts down and reopens. I have tried 6 times today and
have only been able to save one of the pictures.

How much RAM has your computer got? How much HD space have you got on the
drive that your Temp directory is on? How fast is your hard drive, how fast
is your processor?
What version of Windows are you using?
Where are you saving the file to? (Floppy, HD, or network)
What format are the pictures in

To answer your question, the filesize limit for a Publisher file is 2
gigabytes (well, it was last time I checked)

 

[Marsha]

Here are the answers to your questions:

How much RAM has your computer got? 128MB RAM

How much HD space have you got on the drive that your Temp
directory is on? Available space on drive C: 14067MB of
19075MB (FAT32); 43% system resources free

How fast is your hard drive? How fast is your processor?
Not sure I know the answer to either of these questions.
The desktop is a Compaq Pentium Pro. The following is
listed in the System Information: GenuineIntel x86 Family
15 Model 1 Stepping 2

What version of Windows are you using? Microsoft Windows
98 4.10.2222 A

Where are you saving the file to? Hard Drive; should I
try saving it to a network drive and working from there?

What format are the pictures in? JPEG (~ 2 MB each)


Also, I can tell you that I use Publisher for other tasks
(much smaller file size) and it does not lock-up as
reported with this large file.

Thanks SO much for any help!
Marsha

 

[Ed Bennett]

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

How much RAM has your computer got? 128MB RAM

You could do with 256 - but this probably isn't the problem

How much HD space have you got on the drive that your Temp
directory is on? Available space on drive C: 14067MB of
19075MB (FAT32); 43% system resources free

This sounds good

How fast is your hard drive? How fast is your processor?
Not sure I know the answer to either of these questions.
The desktop is a Compaq Pentium Pro.

I would suggest a motherboard/processor upgrade to your computer - or a new
PC

What version of Windows are you using? Microsoft Windows
98 4.10.2222 A

Windows XP tends to offer better performance in this area

Where are you saving the file to? Hard Drive; should I
try saving it to a network drive and working from there?

No, you should always save to the hard drive

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

If you have a 2mb picture in jpeg format, that could blow
up to over 16mb in Publisher because it will be stored
uncompressed. Publisher can only handle 16mb pictures
uncmopressed. This is assuming you have Publisher 2000 or
older.

Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.kvalheim.org

 

[Ed Bennett]

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

This is assuming you have Publisher 2000 or
older.

I remembered to read the thread title this time

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

DOH!

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I remembered to read the thread title this time

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[Marsha]

Unfortunately, a new PC is not a viable solution at this
point. I work for a church which has limited funds as you
can imagine. After e-mailing this morning, I went out and
deleted my *.tmp files off of c:. I'm hoping this might
take care of the problem. Apparently, every time it was
crashing it was saving a seperate tmp file.