Importing large Word document behaviour

Question

Hi

I appreciate there are posts regarding issues importing large word documents - which is often due to size limitations.

I have an issue post importation.  I have imported a word document fine.  However, when trying to edit it, it is very problematic.

When i try to edit the page it sometimes let me and sometimes freezes ("page isnt responding").

The word document was 350 pages.

Advice appreciated!

Chris X_j2sd26 · Answer

Thanks @Tomislav Tobijas It is a good suggestion. I did think of this also, however it really does not suit my requirements.

I will try and strip some data out of it; best other option i can think of.

Tomislav Tobijas · Answer

Hi @Chris X ,

From my experience, Confluence starts lagging once you try to add a lot of content to a page. I would say this is not just a cloud limitation.

Some workaround here would maybe be to 'divide' the Word document into multiple documents (e.g. by sections) and then import them one by one, where each document/section would be a child page of the main page. 🤔
This is how we usually 'separate' large documents and store the same content within the Confluence.

There were some performance upgrades related to the cloud over the years, and as I can see, the latest one was in Q2 2024.

Cheers,
Tobi