As suggested by others in the other thread, 650 pages is not that large and LANs do not limit their capacity by the number of pages in book but by the volume of packets that are flowing at any particular time. But as it is, it is very unlikely that FM would time out unless there are other problems with your book and in this case that is what appears to be the case.
Causes for a crash when opening the files in a book are limited. I would suggest you check the graphics. Are there OLE linked/embedded graphics? What graphics formats are you using? How many graphics are there per file (as related to the RAM on your computer)? Are the graphics all linked or embedded, or both? Are there links to other kinds of objects, e.g. Visio files, Word files, Excel files,...? At which file does FM crash? Does it do this consistently? Does FM crash if you try opening this file on its own? Does FM crash if all the files are opened directly, as opposed to opening them with the book file? Alan On 5/02/2009, at 6:20 AM, Joseph wrote: > Hi all, > > As suggested by several of you, I tried opening all the files at > once. This > caused FrameMaker to have a seizure, freeze, and crashed. Then, I > tried > copying the frame files and book to my desktop and it worked fine. > I had > always known that working locally with framemaker means everything > processes > faster, but I didn't realize it made that much difference. I work > on 300 to > 400 page books on this network, and FrameMaker handles those books > fine. I > suppose its possible that 600 page books are the limit for the > particular > network that I am on. > > Unfortunately, due to work requirements, its no possible to work on > local > copies and then copy them up at the end of the day. I did this at > another > place I worked at because that company's network was so slow that you > couldn't do anything with FrameMaker on the network, and it worked > great. > -- Alan Litchfield MBus(Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland, NZ. 1140 http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
