Hi,
Some general best practices:
- Use Styles for your formatting, not direct formatting. See https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm#Overview. This makes your files smaller and much less complex.
- Avoid editing in Word's online (browser) version.
- Use Page-Break-Before formatting in appropriate heading styles instead of manual page break.
- Whenever possible, place images in-line with text.
- Do not use any blank paragraphs.
- Use Word's built-in heading styles when appropriate - the appearance can be modified. https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/10HeadingStyles.htm
- If necessary, when editing, break into individual documents, all based on same template and using same styles. You can combine them using Word MVP Graham Mayor's Boiler Add-In. http://www.gmayor.com/Boiler.htm
- Do not use the "Master Documents" feature in Word for anything other than printing. Never edit subdocuments when using this. Have off-line backups of all. https://addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm#PageStart
See also: https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/BasicConceptsWord.htm