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November 17, 2017
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Creating TOC and List of Figures is VERY slow!

  • November 17, 2017
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Creating the TOC and List of Figures for a book takes 30 mins PER generation, no mater the number of documents. Why is this so slow?? (FM 2017)

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I've found that opening all files in the book will speed up the process. With the book file active, hold down Shift as you select File > Open All Files in Book. Then create the TOC and List of FIgures.

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Barb Binder
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November 23, 2017

Did that make the difference, ap16165019 ? I'll have to try closing my files to see if I experience that slowdown.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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November 23, 2017

Opening all the files significantly helped the load time.

Thanks!

Barb Binder
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November 23, 2017

I routinely open all the files in the book as well when doing book updates. I'm curious to see if the makes a difference for you. I haven't experienced any slow downs with book updates or making PDFs (which has been an issue in the past) in 2017.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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November 23, 2017

I've found that opening all files in the book will speed up the process. With the book file active, hold down Shift as you select File > Open All Files in Book. Then create the TOC and List of FIgures.

November 17, 2017

Big book? Many pages? Lots of headings?