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MS word document so big, it won't open
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1623496" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>@word_matters:</p><p></p><p>Document recovery in Word 2011 is broken. And that's not from me, that's from the MS MVP folks who maintain the Mac Office forums. It is possible that the 32 MB file is corrupt, but the error message you received is an indicator that you ran out of memory. You're running Mavericks which will get along on 2 GB of system memory. The Apple minimum memory requirements are just that - enough to run the OS and a few other things. Mac Office uses a lot of memory. I have 16 GB in my late model iMac and I do a lot of large documents with Word and Powerpoint 2011 and I can watch the memory getting sucked up.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, back to your file... if you were scanning information into the file it is possible that corruption occurred. If you have no backup of the file, it may be lost. Here's a hint: Open Word preferences, go to Save, and select "Always make a backup". That way you will always have a backup copy of your original Word file before editing and after each separate edit.</p><p></p><p>And yes, Mac can enter safe mode. Restart your iMac and hold down the shift key until you see the Apple or spinning circle. That will load OS X in safe mode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1623496, member: 46727"] @word_matters: Document recovery in Word 2011 is broken. And that's not from me, that's from the MS MVP folks who maintain the Mac Office forums. It is possible that the 32 MB file is corrupt, but the error message you received is an indicator that you ran out of memory. You're running Mavericks which will get along on 2 GB of system memory. The Apple minimum memory requirements are just that - enough to run the OS and a few other things. Mac Office uses a lot of memory. I have 16 GB in my late model iMac and I do a lot of large documents with Word and Powerpoint 2011 and I can watch the memory getting sucked up. Anyway, back to your file... if you were scanning information into the file it is possible that corruption occurred. If you have no backup of the file, it may be lost. Here's a hint: Open Word preferences, go to Save, and select "Always make a backup". That way you will always have a backup copy of your original Word file before editing and after each separate edit. And yes, Mac can enter safe mode. Restart your iMac and hold down the shift key until you see the Apple or spinning circle. That will load OS X in safe mode. [/QUOTE]
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