Joseph wrote: > I am working on a 650-page document in unstructured FrameMaker 8. Due to > the > size of the document, its incredibly difficult for FrameMaker to execute > book-wide commands, such as performing an update or generating the TOC. > I have thought about splitting the document into two different books, but I > need one integrated TOC. > > Does anyone have any suggestions that would make executing book-wide > commands with a book this size easier?
What do you mean by "incredibly difficult" -- slow? How slow? What's your computer configuration -- OS, processor, memory, disk space? Are the files on a local disk or on the network? There shouldn't be any problem with updating a 650-page book, other than "oh, that took a couple of seconds longer than my 100-page book." If you're experiencing much bigger problems, my first guess is you don't have enough memory. Memory is dirt cheap these days, so if you have less than 2 GB, upgrade to that level. Other possible problems involve the hard disk. Check your free disk space, the amount of disk fragmentation, and the size of your swap (paging) file. Also, delete all but the most recent few files from your temp directory. Do you have lots of graphics that are embedded (instead of imported by reference), or worse yet, OLE objects, either embedded or linked? OLE can really bog things down (plus it can be unstable). Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------