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Posted to issues@openoffice.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2016/06/22 07:40:22 UTC

[Issue 127008] Writer creates a file so large it can't be opened.

https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=127008

oooforum (fr) <oo...@free.fr> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from oooforum (fr) <oo...@free.fr> ---
(In reply to donpatton from comment #0)
> Set writer to save as .doc file. Created very large file by inserting lots
> of images. Apparently went over size limit but program never warned me or
> complained when I saved it. Now the file is >512MB and I can't open it.

Use PixCompress extension:
http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/pixcompress

Answers to your questions:
1) Depend of your computer and its memory resource
2) No, because DOC is a binary format from Microsoft. The best is to use native
ODT format and finally make a copy into DOC.

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