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conan50 · 05-08-2021, 07:05 PM

I have a fantasy novel that I've been working on for ages, around 500 pages long. I think I was using Word 97 when I first started writing it. Eventually I'm going to want to convert it to an ebook, but before I get there I'm trying to figure out the best way to clean up the entire file. If possible without removing all formatting. Editing is slow, as in the file is unwieldy compared to files of similar size, which makes me think there is excess garbage in the code from numerous conversions over the years from doc to odt to docx.
My question, what is the best way to clean up a large docx file that likely is loaded with conversion artifacts?
Thanks.

05-08-2021, 07:05 PM	#1
conan50 Fanatic Posts: 597 Karma: 14054112 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: kindle	Clean up old Word file I have a fantasy novel that I've been working on for ages, around 500 pages long. I think I was using Word 97 when I first started writing it. Eventually I'm going to want to convert it to an ebook, but before I get there I'm trying to figure out the best way to clean up the entire file. If possible without removing all formatting. Editing is slow, as in the file is unwieldy compared to files of similar size, which makes me think there is excess garbage in the code from numerous conversions over the years from doc to odt to docx. My question, what is the best way to clean up a large docx file that likely is loaded with conversion artifacts? Thanks.