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Dr. Mac's OS X Tip-of-the-Day 
Dr. Mac - Speed up Word Instantly With Today's Tips.
By Bob LeVitus
Today's tips are about Microsoft Word, so if you use another word
mangler, I'm afraid you won't find it very useful.
It all began when I installed Office on a new PowerBook. Everything
worked fine but Word seemed VERY slow to me. Scrolling was painfully
slow and every so often the beachball of death would appear for a few
seconds, seemingly while Word caught its breath.
Then I remembered that I had tweaked Word several different ways to
make it run faster on my desktop machine. Which got me thinking about
today's tip.
Which is: You can make Microsoft Word run significantly faster by doing
any or all of the following:
1. Disable Live Word Count (Preferences: View)
2. Disable Quartz Text Smoothing (Preferences: General)
3. Disable WYSIWYG font and style menus (Preferences: General)
All three improve performance but I can't say how much you'll get from
each one, so try them all in different combinations. If you've been
irritated by Word running sluggishly, this may be just what the doctor
ordered. Enjoy.
To discuss this tip (or anything you like) in Dr. Mac's OSXFAQ Forum, click
here:
http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=3272
Brought to you by OSXFAQ Seminars - http://www.osxfaq.com/Seminars/jaguar
Bob LeVitus is a leading authority on Mac OS and the author of 39 books,
including Mac OS X For Dummies and The Little iTunes Book.
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