I tend to doubt that it would have any effect at all and that it is there for information only. In this case the original version of the page seems to have been generated by a Microsoft product, like Frontpage, vintage IE6.

Yes, I copied it into CC, apparently from Wordperfect. The problem is that I've been doing so forever, and it has always worked in the past. The file out there now was done in March, and still works fine on the Internet. But now I can't modify it in CC (where it was originally modified) without locking up the system.

OK, I modified the HTML code and added just a dozen or so names (of the 64000), and it worked perfectly. See attached file "stl2013new.txt".

System froze up as soon as I tried to paste in all of the A's and B's (probably 6-7000 names).

I see no doctype here on your page, not sure that would matter for this issue, but there needs to be one at least.

Also, you're using very old code setups, CSS would be a way to go to help make those pages a lot less cumbersome. Inline styling instead of CSS leads to a lot more code that is unnecessary as well as many of the tags of inline code being deprecated and some unsupported in some browsers.

Having said all that, I don't "think" that will fix your issue, just will help it some.

So it's not down to wonky code generated by an outside source....

Maybe it would be better to use some PHP for this? Store the names in a database by alphabetical groups then have links for 'A Names', 'B Names', etc.
Inger or Jo Ann – Would this be better as a bunch of <ul>s rather than thousands of paragraphs and breaks?

It's like a murder mystery... who killed the webpage

Yes, Painbrush, it would be better. If Dave is able to handle the php and mysql bit. If not, Making one separate page for each two or three letters would be an alternative, and then link them together. I did that for an orchestra once, 10 or so years ago, listing all their music sheets.

I used FrontPage way back, and the generator tag was different. I think this is created in MSWord.

But it wouldn't hurt getting rid of that old doctype and meta stuff and replace it with something a little less 'antique'.

I have no problems with the Editor when I reduce the file size and include only the As and Bs after replacing the <p> tags with line breaks. If you want it, I could send the file I used, to your e-mail address at your site. The size is 303KB so I can't attach it here. I added a doctype and made some other minor 'adjustments' in the markup preceding the list of names, mainly to eliminate the validation errors.

I found that Opera could handle the big, original file better than the other browsers, so I copied the complete source from there and pasted into the Editor. No problems with lockups there either, only slooow reactions...

So, in summary, even when I have both the original file (Aaron to Zybach; 2.4 MB; 125,658 lines of markup) and the reduced sized one (Aaron to Byron; 303 KB; 8,346 lines of markup) loaded in the Editor, I can switch between the two and edit at will...
The fact remains, however, that these files ("web pages" ) are way too big and they need to broken up into smaller pieces, one way or the other, as mentioned before!
If printed, even with excessive line density, the web page you have online now would represent way over 1,000 pages! That's a bit much for a single "web page"!

Questions: 1. What kind of computer setup (CPU, Ram size, OS, etc.) are you using? I suspect that this kind of file size in an HTML editor could place quite a demand on the hardware resources...
2. Do you have other programs or add-ons (toolbars, etc.) running simultaneously with the Editor when you have the freeze-up problems?

One thing you could try for this is to create an iframe setup that will call in specific files when an alphabet letter is clicked. Basically create an A to Z set of links at the top of the each of the alphabet lists on a separate page. Now make those A to Z links send each page into the iframe by using :

target="_self"

at the end of each of the link tags and you're all set. So your link will look something like this:

<a href="nameoffilehere.html" target="_self">

Make sure the iframe is scrollable so it is accessible if the list is longer than the iframe and you're good to go.

Hello,
I am having major problems with the editor freezing. It seems to do it on specific pages when I move from the html editor to the preview screen, and when I try to work in split screen mode - which is my preference. I sometimes have to wait for up to 4 or 5 minutes for it to clear.
I have used coffeecup for some years and have never encountered any problems, however now, after asking for technical support to suggest a solution and getting no improvement, I am looking around for another good editor to keep me going until the techy guys offer a fix to this issue. Does anyone have a suggestion as to a good short-term alternative please?
Thankyou
Neil