NOTE that RAM disks are "volatile", they go away when the PC is shut down or the power goes out. Do a google search for RAM disk to get specific instructions. When you are done editing it save itīack to the HD. The idea is you define the RAM disk, copy a file to it then edit the file. Since RAM is infinitely faster than spinning HD, it eliminates that delay. The idea is you allocate some RAM to use as a "virtual disk drive". This will turn off "fancy" features that use some CPU, which could slow down performance in your documents.įinally, there is a relatively "old school" technique (I haven't used one since my DOS days!) you can try, define and use a "RAM disk".
In there you can tell windows to "Adjust for best performance". This should be a trivial effect, but it may help.Īt work in the Windows Control Panel look for the "Performance Options" dialog.
This replaces pictures with a blank frame "placeholder". In "Show Document Content" section, definitely do try turning ON "Show Picture Placeholders".It works best with draft and web views to show you more content on screen if have a widescreen monitor In "Show Document Content" section, I like to turn on "Show text wrapped within document Window" option.By turning this option Off, if you crop an image, the 'cropped' pieces are discarded, making the image size smaller and therefore making the file size smaller In "Image Size and Quality" section turn off "Do not compress images in file".This eliminates the "undo" option, making image smaller
In "Image Size and Quality" section, turn ON "Discard Editing Data" option.In "Editing Options" section, turn off "Keep track of Formatting" option.Go into File menu > Options command > Advanced option: There should be no reason why you couldn't combine all of the files into one large one to make editing easier. Once you figure out the cause of your performance problem, It has some images, not as many as you have and it works out to roughly 1700 pages. I currently have a 36MB document that I edit daily. How much RAM do you have on the work machine?Ģ0-30 MB is an eminently manageable file size for Word 2010. Office 2003-2010 I found I could move away from that strategy. But, for the last 10+ years when I got my Vista class laptop (with only 3GB of RAM) and In much earlier times, with older versions of Office and less powerful computers I too used to split my documents very much along the same parameters you are using. Letter size documents are typically printed in Large DPI, like 600 is mainly good for images you plan to blow up to poster size. Why are you using 600 DPI images? Take a look at the specifications of your printer to see the maximum DPI it can support. This suppresses most formatting and so it displays faster. Try using "Draft" view for "normal" editing. There are several things you can try after following Macropod's suggestions.
Lots of big pictures will tend to slow your document down.ĭO NOT “Upgrade” to 2013 or 2016 in hope of improving performance!