======Word Crashing?======

Sometimes Word will freeze, or slow down, because the file size it too large. If this happens there are a couple of ways to troubleshoot the issue.

=====Clear Formatting=====


First try clearing all formatting from the document.

  * Copying and pasting the document's text into Notepad (or TextEdit on Mac - make sure you select Make plain text under Format before you paste it). Then copy and paste the text back into Word.
  * Select all text in Word and then click Clear Formatting.

Both techniques will clear all formatting from the document. You can then start to apply each layer of formatting step-by-step.

=====Image Heavy Text=====


When it comes to images, alt text shouldn't affect anything, but it's possible the images are really big. 

You can try deleting all images in the document, and re-inserting extracted images into Word (Insert>Picture).