CacheSize in system registry for WORD

[Keenable]

I am working with a 1000 page document in Word 2002 running on a fast P4 using Office XP Home Edition and my machine will halt, no errors reported or recorded, just seizes-up, with a cold reboot my only option. The document does not have graphics. I did have spell-checking features turned on which slow things down regardless.

The machine's well-tuned, I believe. I could break the document into smaller pieces, but I'm hoping I can reallocate resources so I can keep it in one piece.

Word 97 Annoyances by Leonhard, Hudspeth & Lee recommends adding a CacheSize entry in the system registry to increase default 64K memory to 2048 when working with large documents. For Windows 2002 that means:

REGEDIT
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options key.
Click Edit | New | String Value
Type in the name CacheSize and click Enter twice
Type in 2048 (to reserve 2MB for caching)
Word must be restarted for changes to take effect.

Does anyone know what default memory Windows 2002 is working with, and whether or not a CacheSize of 2048 will help or hurt?

Any other suggestions?

 

[xlhelp]

Depending on how much RAM you have, you can bump it upto 8192 (optimum value) so, 2048 will be quite good. Since there is no reference to it, the default size may still be 64KB.