Limits on size of photos in word processing software?

[GunsMadeAmericaFree]

My wife is thinking about getting a recent version of Microsoft Word and a laptop to work on a book length article with lots and lots of photographs for a local history project. She mentioned something about coming up against an 8 megabyte photo size limit in Microsoft Word at the library, using an older version of Word that they have installed on the computers there. That is news to me, but then again, I've never tried to put a 5 megabyte photo on each page of a 300 page document before, to see what would happen. That would be something like 1.5 Gigabytes of photos in the open document, in addition to the text.

Do any of you have any experience with such a thing? I'm not sure what this sort of limit would even be called, so that I could compare limits between different word processing programs. I can see that it would be a legitimate concern, but also that rather few folks would probably come up against limits like this in their daily work.

Thanks so much for any help!

 

[bruceb]

Word does have some limits ... see link for specifics

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/211489




Operating parameter limitations and specifications in Word

Summary


This article lists the operating parameter limits of Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications.

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Visual Basic for Applications limits

Word limits

Note 1 Maximum File Size

The maximum file size is limited to 32 MB for the total document text only and does not include graphics, regardless of how the graphics image is inserted (Link to file, Save with document, or Wrapping style) into the document. Therefore, if the file contains graphics, the maximum file size can be larger than 32 MB.

Note 2 Number of Words and Maximum File Size of Custom Dictionary

The Microsoft Word 2000 Help file lists the number of words and maximum file size of the custom dictionary incorrectly as the following:

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 224035 "The custom dictionary is full. The word was not added" error message in Word 2000
Note 3 To invoke AutoComplete tips for AutoText, at least four characters of the AutoText entry must be typed.

Word 2007and later versions limits

Operating parameter Limit Maximum number of bookmarks 2,147,483,647 (Style Definition) maximum number of styles 4,079 Maximum number of comments 2,147,483,647 Maximum number of fields 2,147,483,647 Number of subdocuments in a master document255 Maximum number of moves 2,147,483,647 (Range Permission) maximum number allowed 2,147,483,647 Size of file Word can open512 MB Maximum number of records to display in recipients list dialog10000
Note The 10000 maximum is for the recipients' list dialog. If you search in that dialog, you are limited to the displayed records even if your data source has more records. The workaround is to filter the records so that those that you are looking for will fit in the dialog or to use the Find operation in the wizard task pane.

Word 2007 and later versions in compatibility mode limits

Operating parameter Limit Maximum number of bookmarks 16,380 (Style Definition) maximum number of styles 4,079 Maximum number of comments 16,380 Number of subdocuments in a master document255 Maximum number of fields 2,147,483,647 Maximum number of moves 32,752 (Range Permission) maximum number allowed 32,752 Size of file Word can open 512 MB Maximum number of records to display in recipients list dialog 10000

Note 4
The 32,767 limit is for versions earlier than Word 2007.

Note 5 Number of records to display in recipients list dialog

You are limited to 10000 displayed records even if your data source has more records. To work around this limitation filter the records so that they fit in the dialog or use the Find operation from the wizard task pane.

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Article 211489 - Last Review: 09/23/2015 05:57:00 - Revision: 6.0
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• Word 2016
• Microsoft Word 2013
• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Office Word 2007
• Microsoft Word 2002
• Microsoft Word 2000

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