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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: MS Word slow on MacIIsi
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Date: 26 Nov 90 04:56:00 GMT
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Note: MS-Word stores files as a linked lists of text fragments.  The
more you edit, the more chopped up this list gets.  The more
fragments, the slower the editing. 

Often, you can greatly increase the speed of MS-Word (and decrease the
size of your file), by selecting "Save-As" and the un-checking the
"fast save" box.  This will (slowly) write out the file as a single
text stream, garbage collecting & de-fragmenting your file.

Try this and see if it helps.

Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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