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Problem opening large .doc file | In an ideal world, yes

Thomas T. Frost — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 08:36:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Thomas T. Frost
Post title: In an ideal world, yes

[quote]Daryo wrote:

[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:

You could try to save the complete .doc file as .docx, which is the current Word format. .doc is a legacy format, which does not offer the same facilities as the newer .docx. Autosave, for example, does not work nearly as well in .doc as in .docx. [/quote]

that would be totally pointless - not a single new feature available in the new format would be of any use to a file created in the previous format.

Autosave works fine with any format IF the specs of your PC are appropriate - if enough RAM and processing power are available and if there are no tons of bloatware running in the background - changing to docx is not going to make much difference, more likely to make it worst.

OTOH making a copy of the document and working on it while leaving the original document untouched seems a sensible approach. [/quote]

But the world is not ideal. You can sometimes solve minor problems in Office documents by saving them in different formats or copying everything up to the last paragraph mark. Changing .doc to .docx in a document with comment balloons I wanted to print last year was enough to make them print. It didn't work under .doc. Another user has described the reverse experience. So changing into format does sometimes have an effect even if we don't know why. It is not a question of features.

No, autosave does not always work fine with the old Office formats. That is a problem I have personally experienced repeatedly, and it has nothing to do with RAM, CPU or "tons of bloatware". It works very well with the new Office formats. I kept having problems with autosave with the old formats, and it only stopped when I began converting my files to the new formats.

[quote]Daryo wrote:

if the client has submitted a .doc file, a .doc file should be returned. It's not the translator's business to decide what format the client should use.
[/quote]

It is the translator's business to find a way to get the job done. If working on it in .docx worked, that would be a small price to pay. You can always save it as .doc again before returning it to the client, but in most cases, it would make no difference if you returned it as .docx, as both are Word formats, and converters are readily available for older Word versions. In many cases, the only reason they send it in .doc format would be that it's an old document nobody has ever bothered to convert to the newer .docx format.

I'm not sure why you so high-handedly reject all proposals to make it work. It is something one can easily try without causing any damage.

Problem opening large .doc file | no point in changing the format

Daryo — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 05:27:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Daryo
Post title: no point in changing the format

[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:

You could try to save the complete .doc file as .docx, which is the current Word format. .doc is a legacy format, which does not offer the same facilities as the newer .docx. Autosave, for example, does not work nearly as well in .doc as in .docx. [/quote]

that would be totally pointless - not a single new feature available in the new format would be of any use to a file created in the previous format + if the client has submitted a .doc file, a .doc file should be returned. It's not the translator's business to decide what format the client should use.

Autosave works fine with any format IF the specs of your PC are appropriate - if enough RAM and processing power are available and if there are no tons of bloatware running in the background - changing to docx is not going to make much difference, more likely to make it worst.

OTOH making a copy of the document and working on it while leaving the original document untouched seems a sensible approach.

Problem opening large .doc file | What was the outcome?

Lourdes Barrientos — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 01:06:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Lourdes Barrientos
Post title: What was the outcome?

How did it go with the 10MB file?
What worked out?
Best,
Lulú

Problem opening large .doc file | I just mentioned it to the project manager.

Unchalind Phongsamai — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:35:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Unchalind Phongsamai
Post title: I just mentioned it to the project manager.

[quote]Lourdes Barrientos wrote:

Hello!

It may sound "basic", embarrassing or rudimentary... but you may want to contact the client.

Client has the ability to divide the 10MB into smaller email attachments.........

I would not try to do anything to the images, it may really ruin it. THEN it would be embarrassing to contact client.

It shows responsibility on your part to ask the client for help.

We are not "Wonder Woman", or some kind of magician to be able to tackle every single issue thrown at us.

When it is workable, fine. Some things are just beyond our reach.

A brief - succinct note to Project Manager - should be sufficient.

Have you solved the problem? I may be too late, well I am in a different time zone.

Best,
LuLú : ) [/quote]

Hi LuLu,

Thanks for your advise :)

Actually, I thought so too, but I'm not sure if it's OK or not to ask client on this.
However, I decided to contact project manager and discussed with her.

Problem opening large .doc file | Thank you !

Unchalind Phongsamai — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:32:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Unchalind Phongsamai
Post title: Thank you !

[quote]esperantisto wrote:

Try Apache OpenOffice Writer. [/quote]

Problem opening large .doc file | imagesoutin

Meta Arkadia — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 04:44:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Meta Arkadia
Post title: imagesoutin

[quote]Lourdes Barrientos wrote:
I would not try to do anything to the images[/quote]

Well, there's a macro that used to work very well. You can find it here, and to be sure, I uploaded it here as well. Be sure to use the same folder for "in" and "out."

I hope it still works.

Cheers,

Hans

Problem opening large .doc file | Apache OpenOffice Writer

esperantisto — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 03:31:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: esperantisto
Post title: Apache OpenOffice Writer

Try Apache OpenOffice Writer.

Problem opening large .doc file | Contact Client

Lourdes Barrientos — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:16:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Lourdes Barrientos
Post title: Contact Client

Hello!

It may sound "basic", embarrassing or rudimentary... but you may want to contact the client.

Client has the ability to divide the 10MB into smaller email attachments.........

I would not try to do anything to the images, it may really ruin it. THEN it would be embarrassing to contact client.

It shows responsibility on your part to ask the client for help.

We are not "Wonder Woman", or some kind of magician to be able to tackle every single issue thrown at us.

When it is workable, fine. Some things are just beyond our reach.

A brief - succinct note to Project Manager - should be sufficient.

Have you solved the problem? I may be too late, well I am in a different time zone.

Best,
LuLú : )

Problem opening large .doc file | Removing images

Thomas T. Frost — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:54:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Thomas T. Frost
Post title: Removing images

Careful removing the images, as removing the images also removes the sometimes complicated formatting and positioning of the images. I would not do that.

But if saving as .docx doesn't solve the problem, you could do the reverse of Adrien's suggestion and copy the text to a working document, then copy the translation back into the original document. There is much less risk of damaging any formatting this way.

Problem opening large .doc file | Confusion may occur

Unchalind Phongsamai — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:52:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Unchalind Phongsamai
Post title: Confusion may occur

[quote]Adrien Esparron wrote:

Save if necessary the images in a special folder and just keep a proper reference to them in the text after removing them.

If you need to send the file back with the images, just insert them again.

Gook luck! [/quote]

Hi Adrien,

Thanks for advise. But the paper is technical manual so I'm afraid it maybe confused at the end.
However, I keep your advise in case there're no other ways.

Problem opening large .doc file | Drop the images out

Platary (X) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:46:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Platary (X)
Post title: Drop the images out

Save if necessary the images in a special folder and just keep a proper reference to them in the text after removing them.

If you need to send the file back with the images, just insert them again.

Gook luck!

Problem opening large .doc file | .docx

Thomas T. Frost — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:39:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Thomas T. Frost
Post title: .docx

You could try to save the complete .doc file as .docx, which is the current Word format. .doc is a legacy format, which does not offer the same facilities as the newer .docx. Autosave, for example, does not work nearly as well in .doc as in .docx.

Problem opening large .doc file

Unchalind Phongsamai — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:33:00 +0000

Forum: Office applications
Topic: Problem opening large .doc file
Poster: Unchalind Phongsamai

Hi,

I received .doc file from client, its size is 10 MB. It contains texts to be translated and lots of images.
When I open it with my laptop, it takes ages and the program becomes 'Not Responding' every time I saved.

Can you please advise how can I deal with the case?

I'm now split the big file into a smaller one but the header is gone.

All your helps are appreciated.