Try approaching this the same way that you would prepare an ECM: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html
Start Emacs with a stable version of Org-Mode, without any additional configuration. Is the performance what you expect? FWIW: two things that sped up my rather small in comparison Org-Mode files were: - Switching from linum to nlinum - #+STARTUP: showeverything Sincerely, Grant Rettke On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> wrote: > > I'm working on an org-mode file about cancer which is 945.1kb, is > converted to a tex file of 1.0mb and a pdf of 2.0mb with 505 pages. The > conversion is done through this code snippet '(global-set-key (kbd > "s-#") 'org-latex-export-to-latex)'. There is no problem with the > conversion to tex or conversion to pdf. > > However, the org-mode file is increasingly slowing down and becoming > difficult to move about within the file, and also enter new information > within it. > > How then can I speed it up within the org file please? > > Thanks > Sharon. > -- > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk > TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk > Debian 8.4, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 25.0.95 >