what is maximum no. of pages a word file can accomodate?

See: http://daiya.mvps.org/wordpages.htm

The long and short of it is this, it depends on how much text you put on a
page. Word can handle 32 MB of text, but this does not translate into pages.

-Steven Craig Miller

"bidyut" wrote:

> what is maximum no. of pages a word file can accomodate?

As an afterthought, I came up with the following rough estimate.

Roughly, I would estimate Word’s capacity to be well over 7,626 pages (a
number derived from the following data: MB = 1,048,576 bytes; and a page with
6-pica (= 1�) margins and text with 12 point Times New Roman font would
contain almost 4,400 character; thus 1,048,456 x 32 ÷ 4,400 = 7,626 pages).

If I have erred in my calculation, I would welcome correction. As for my
assumptions, it was only to illustrate a rough estimate.

Steven Craig Miller

"bidyut" wrote:

> what is maximum no. of pages a word file can accomodate?

"bidyut" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

> what is maximum no. of pages a word file can accomodate?

Define "page" first...

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

Documents of 10,000 pages have been reported to be handled (more or less)
easily in Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"StevenM" <stevencraigmiller(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote in message
news:5BA0B4CB-C24D-4C0A-9D57-(E-Mail Removed)...
> As an afterthought, I came up with the following rough estimate.
>
> Roughly, I would estimate Word's capacity to be well over 7,626 pages (a
> number derived from the following data: MB = 1,048,576 bytes; and a page
> with
> 6-pica (= 1") margins and text with 12 point Times New Roman font would
> contain almost 4,400 character; thus 1,048,456 x 32 ÷ 4,400 = 7,626
> pages).
>
> If I have erred in my calculation, I would welcome correction. As for my
> assumptions, it was only to illustrate a rough estimate.
>
> Steven Craig Miller
>
> "bidyut" wrote:
>
>> what is maximum no. of pages a word file can accomodate?
>

I should have also added, that my "estimate" was based on single spacing (and
a single paragraph), and obviously anything which might reduce the average
number of characters per page would increase Word's ability to handle more
pages. Thus a little thing like double spacing would double my "estimate."
And any "white space" would increase it, such as wider margins, headings,
half blank, or full blank pages, etc.

Steven Craig Miller

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> Documents of 10,000 pages have been reported to be handled (more or less)
> easily in Word.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "StevenM" <stevencraigmiller(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote in message
> news:5BA0B4CB-C24D-4C0A-9D57-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > As an afterthought, I came up with the following rough estimate.
> >
> > Roughly, I would estimate Word's capacity to be well over 7,626 pages (a
> > number derived from the following data: MB = 1,048,576 bytes; and a page
> > with
> > 6-pica (= 1") margins and text with 12 point Times New Roman font would
> > contain almost 4,400 character; thus 1,048,456 x 32 ÷ 4,400 = 7,626
> > pages).
> >
> > If I have erred in my calculation, I would welcome correction. As for my
> > assumptions, it was only to illustrate a rough estimate.
> >
> > Steven Craig Miller
> >
> > "bidyut" wrote:
> >
> >> what is maximum no. of pages a word file can accomodate?
> >
>
>
>

Here is another estimate to balance my earlier conservative estimate.

Robert Bringhurst, in his classic work “The Elements of Typographic Style,�
states that most books now printed with the “Latin Alphabet� usually hold on
average between 300 to 500 words per page (and an average word size is 5
characters plus a space). Using these numbers, a page would contain between
1,800 and 3,000 characters per page, and thus Word’s maximum capacity would
be between 11,183 and 18,639 pages (depending, of course, on the average
density of the characters per page).

Steven Craig Miller

"bidyut" wrote:

> what is maximum no. of pages a word file can accomodate?

The bottom line is that there is no practical limitation on the text. Most
of the people who are asking this question will never create a document of
more than a few hundred pages (if that).

It always amuses me to see questions in
microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs about 30-page term papers (which
obviously are "long" to people who have never written anything longer than a
letter).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"StevenM" <stevencraigmiller(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote in message
news:0A75AB41-9A8C-4A99-BFC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Here is another estimate to balance my earlier conservative estimate.
>
> Robert Bringhurst, in his classic work "The Elements of Typographic
> Style,"
> states that most books now printed with the "Latin Alphabet" usually hold
> on
> average between 300 to 500 words per page (and an average word size is 5
> characters plus a space). Using these numbers, a page would contain
> between
> 1,800 and 3,000 characters per page, and thus Word's maximum capacity
> would
> be between 11,183 and 18,639 pages (depending, of course, on the average
> density of the characters per page).
>
> Steven Craig Miller
>
> "bidyut" wrote:
>
>> what is maximum no. of pages a word file can accomodate?
>

To: Suzanne S. Barnhill,

<< The bottom line is that there is no practical limitation on the text. >>

I've read a number of books which were over 1,000 pages, but I don't think
I've ever seen a single volume with anywhere close to 10,000 pages. It is
hard to imagine anyone trying to printout a 10,000 page document -- with
double sided printing that would take ten reams of paper. And then, where
would you put it? That would be one large 3-ring binder!

Steven Craig Miller

The MVP who claimed to have worked on documents this size was helping to
prepare telecomms standards (i.e., legal stuff), and yes, I'm sure they do
fill many volumes/binders.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"StevenM" <stevencraigmiller(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote in message
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> To: Suzanne S. Barnhill,
>
> << The bottom line is that there is no practical limitation on the text.
> >>
>
> I've read a number of books which were over 1,000 pages, but I don't think
> I've ever seen a single volume with anywhere close to 10,000 pages. It is
> hard to imagine anyone trying to printout a 10,000 page document -- with
> double sided printing that would take ten reams of paper. And then, where
> would you put it? That would be one large 3-ring binder!
>
> Steven Craig Miller