Hello. I am trying to format a book with styles, 600+ long, to get it ready for InDesign. That means I have to apply character and paragraph styles to all its elements. It’s running painfully slow, and takes a few seconds just to select some text, or move from page to page. With a document this large, it’s a torture. 

What I’ve already tried:
• disabling tracking

• copying part of the text into a new document to see if smaller file will run better

• getting rid of all unneeded styles 

• getting rid of everything that’s not text (some charts and graphs)
• contacting Microsoft tech support

• uninstalling and reinstalling Word 

If anyone knows of a possible reason/solution, I’d be very grateful. 

​Hello. I am trying to format a book with styles, 600+ long, to get it ready for InDesign. That means I have to apply character and paragraph styles to all its elements. It’s running painfully slow, and takes a few seconds just to select some text, or move from page to page. With a document this large, it’s a torture. What I’ve already tried:• disabling tracking• copying part of the text into a new document to see if smaller file will run better• getting rid of all unneeded styles • getting rid of everything that’s not text (some charts and graphs)• contacting Microsoft tech support• uninstalling and reinstalling Word If anyone knows of a possible reason/solution, I’d be very grateful.    Read More

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