Open a word Document that is 33.5meg in size

[LeonBar]

I have a word document that is 33.5meg in size. Most of the document is made up of pictures, not a lot of text. Microsoft's web site said 33meg of text is the max no limit on images. It still will not open. I tried it in all versions of word. here is the error message.
I have a 3gig processor with 1gig or ram. No hardware or permissions issues. Tried all of the recovery methods. Has to be a size issue.

No more info on line tried the bottom link.
Don't know if anyone came across this issue. I would like to get the data from the file.

thanks Leon
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This error message can appear for several reasons.
The document may be corrupt or damaged. Use either the Recover Text converter or the Open and Repair feature. Both are available from the Open dialog. The Recover Text converter is in the Files of type: drop down and the Open and Repair feature is available from the Open button (select the down arrow and not the button itself).
Note: If you have opened a file attached to an e-mail, it is recommended to save the file to a local hard disk first before attempting to recover or repair the file.
File permissions may be set so you cannot access the file (read denied). It is even possible you do not have permissions to open anything within the drive or folder the file is saved to. In this case, contact the owner of the drive or folder and request permissions to access the file.
It is possible you have run out of system resources (disk space or RAM) or another program on your system has consumed all the available memory. It is even possible for a program to have a memory leak that is using up large quantities of memory. The best method to recover memory consumed by a memory leak is to restart the computer. It may be possible to shut down the offending program by using the Task Manager, but it is not recommended since it may further destabilize the system.
There may be a read lock on the file you are attempting to open. Another user may have the file open, or even another application that has a link to the file has placed an exclusive lock on the file and is not allowing Word to open the file. If a custom application has opened the file, it may have opened the file using an incorrect method.
The file you are attempting to open may require a file converter that is not installed on your computer. Most converters are already installed, but optional converters are available from the Add or Remove Programs utility (in Control Panel) for your version of Office (requires performing an advanced customization install and searching the feature tree for Office Shared Features \ Converters and Filters). Other converters are available from the Office Resource Kit. Search the

http://www.microsoft.com

Web site for "Office Converter Pack".
More information about this error message online.
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[sawedoff]

Try going into Word with blank document. Choose Tools > Options > and on the View tab, select Picture placeholders. Then try to open the document.

Sawedoff

 

[tf1]

Follow Sawedoff's advice first. If that fails, open a blank documetn again and try Insert, File inserting the long documetn.

You might like to look at the Performance tab on the Windows Task Manager whilst doing this and se what resources (particularly real memory) are being taken.



Regards: tf1

 

[sawedoff]

Two other options along that line are to Insert > Object >from file and point to the problem file,

- OR -

In Windows explorer, select the file, choose copy, then in a blank file, choose Edit > Paste special.

They basically do the same as tf1's idea, but they go about it in different ways, so maybe one of them will work.

Sawedoff

 

[LeonBar]

I tried all of the methods the file will not open. Some different errors but pointing back to the original problem. I guess if you try and copy the file to the clipboard it must open it first then copy the contents that is why It can't copy. It has to open the file to insert it so that will not work either. Thanks for the suggestions but it looks like she might have to recreate the file with less pictures or making sure she doesn’t go over the file size limit.
Thanks.
I am willing to try anything else.
Leon

 

[sawedoff]

See if it will open in Wordpad or Notepad. You may loose the formatting and/or the pctures, but if you are trying to salvage the text, that will be no big deal. If you can open it, you may be able to re-save it in text format, and it should reduce the size significantly.

Sawedoff

 

[attrofy]

One last bit of advice, as we found ourselve's in a similar situation, if your images can afford to be shrunk down, by all means - go as small as you can. There are plenty of thumbnail resizers out there ( I prefer Easy Thumbnails as it is free and works great). Of course, if you are printing quality images, the options need to be explored carefully, but you can usually strike a good balance between file size and resolution.

 

[jdemmi]

Have you tried this? (It's suggested in the error message and has fixed numerous problems with docs for me)

1. First make a backup copy of the document
2. Open Word (no doc)
3. File -->Open
4. Browse and select the file, HIGHLIGHT it ONLY.
5. Click the dropdown arrow on the right hand side of the OPEN button, choose OPEN AND REPAIR.

-- Jason
"It's Just Ones and Zeros

 

[LeonBar]

Jd I tried the open and repair didn't work. good suggestion.

Attrofy I am glad you told me about the thumbnail editor. I have our fire department that uses a digital camera to take fire pics and have been resizing one at a time. with that program they can batch shrink. will make Sue very happy.

Saw, I can open in notepad and wordpad that was a good suggestion to get all of the text. with that and the program to edit batches of pics I think this problem will not happen again.

Good thing to know about word file size limits.

thanks for all of the help.
Leon

 

[KenWright]

Just a thought, but maybe you could try opening a blank Excel file and using Insert / Object / Create from File (Then Browse to file)

If that works then you can double click the object within Excel and it allows you to see all the info from within a Word environment, albeit it is within Excel. That would then allow you to copy the info within.

Worth a try perhaps.

Other option is to download the latest version of OpenOffice (Free) from

http://www.openoffice.org

and try opening it with that. The Excel equivalent in there is brilliant for opening Excel files that Excel can't open, so who knows, maybe their Word equivalent is the same.

Regards
Ken.............


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[tf1]

I agree with Attrofy about editing graphics first. Word tends to store the whole original graphics to enable the Restore Graphics function. So although you may have inserted your 5MB graphic and used Word to shrink it to size, Word is still storing it at its original size.

Secondly, you can reduced the resolution to something sensible such as 144dpi for general printing or just 96dpi for viewing on screen.

So if you want to insert loads of graphics, edit them to the exact size and reduce to 96dpi or 144dpi and save before inserting into Word.

I find the free IrfanView absolutely great for this purpose (download free from the Internet). It accepts 95% of graphic formats: save the new edited image as a jpeg and then insert into Word.

Regards: tf1