Hi adamjury,

I did the “save as” thing but it didn't help the inx/idml files to be re-imported. Maybe there is something else causing my file to crash when I try to re-import because I have broken the longest table into two parts and the file still crashes when I try the clean-up with inx/idml formats.

Now that the main table is 50% shorter, the performance is a little better. I didn't want to separate the table but I run out of time. And out of choices too.

I am not happy and still want to find an answer for this problem.

This table isn't so big, is it? I mean, am I expecting too much from my computer/software?

Thank you for the tips. I really appreciate the help I find here.

Marco,

I tried to eliminate the styles but it made no difference. The tables has headers rows and I also tried to eliminate them but nothing changes.

If I delete one entire column (any one, I tried each one of them) it works. I can type and delete characters and the cursor doesn't go spinning anymore. But it is sad because I can't delete anything.

I could separate this 20 pages group into 2 smaller groups, with 10 pages each. I tried that and it speeds things up a bit but it didn't solve the problem.

Besides, this is not good for me because, if I break the table in two, any changes in the columns size and things like that I will have to make twice.

My main concern is that it is not a big catalog. I have a bigger one on hold, waiting for data, that is at least twice the size of this, with one big table that goes from head to toe.

Thank you for your tips, it is always useful, no matter the results. It is so good to have someone to think together.

If you have any other idea, please don't hesitate and say. I am trying everything to make this work properly.

Does anyone know if we can control the undo steps we have stored? Or if we can disable undo? It is a crazy idea but…

And what about the memory used by Indesign. Can we set more memory for Indesign or it works automatically?

Thank you!

Hi Eugene,

Sorry, I forgot to mention that, I am using Indesign CS4.

Hi Marco,

I tried both idml and inx but, after exported, they doesn't open back to indesign. It starts opening but stacks before finish.

Maybe the file is too complicated or too long for that. It is 64 pages long, there are some linked low resolution images (all tiffs) and it looks like the most tricky part are those big tables. The bigger one goes for 20 pages and has some various character styles all over it. And there are some small ones.

Can the character styles cause the file to work so slowly?

I read in this forum some pepople talking about some big files, including several books and lots of pages. They make my catalog looks so small. I did my best to think about the best procedures to make this catalog easy to edit. Now I wonder if using tables was a good idea. Maybe I am working the wrong way.

But I can't think another way to do this.

All coments about it are more than welcome.

Thanks,

Rosana

Orielwen,

Thank you for your answer. It is very nice to have someonelse's opinion.

So, I am doing the tables this way. Fingers crossed!!