Over the years Microsoft Word has become more stable for power users–folks who use a lot of MS Word’s functionality for automating tasks. And I hear that MS Word 2010 is more stable than 2007. On occasion, though, Word still crashes.
Has MS Word ever made you cry? It has for me.
The more you use MS Word’s features, and the longer your document, the higher the likelihood of it crashing. Here are links to steps you can take to stablilize Word before you begin your documentation project.
8 ways to Stop Word from Crashing Important Biz Documents by Ivan Walsh at Klariti.com
What to Do when Word Crashes by Graham Mayor, MS MVP
The Ultimate Crash Test
The way you use MS Word’s features can make or break your document’s stability. Using best practices when automating MS Word tasks improves the odds that your document won’t crash, becoming corrupt and unusable.
The Word MVP Site is a good place to start learning best practices for any of Word’s features. MVP stands for Most Valuable Professional–volunteers who love to push Word to the limit and share what they find out in the process. The site is full of articles on how to do things and work-arounds when you run into a jam.
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