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Article #930Re: Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of.
From: David Martin
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 17:04
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 17:04
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stdkap1@icarus.spc.uchicago.edu (Dietrich Kappe) writes: >In article <Aug02.052754.34792@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> wardw@CS.ColoState.EDU (william bradley ward) writes: > > What the #$%! is wrong with the programmers at Microsoft?! I've been > running Word 5.0 for a while now and have noticed how sluggish it is. > (I run a IIsi) I'm talking not only sluggish when running, but on how > it slows the rest of the system down too. Today I ran the app > "CycleSpy" to see the percentage of process power it took and was > amazed at the constant 95-100% of process power MS Word 5.0 took! > This was even when it was hidden in the background with no documents > open! How could anyone program a piece of code that was so greedy. Here is how to speed up MS Word 5.0. Turn off background repagination. As soon as I turn it off, Word takes up very little background processing time. Now why is this very basic feature such a problem with Word? I wish I knew. David Martind martind@cims.nyu.edu martind@acf9.nyu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!acf9!martind From: martind@acf9.nyu.edu (David Martin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of. Message-ID: <martind.712861472@acf9> Date: 3 Aug 92 17:04:32 GMT References: <Aug02.052754.34792@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <STDKAP1.92Aug2203113@icarus.spc.uchicago.edu> Sender: notes@cmcl2.nyu.edu (Notes Person) Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: New York University Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: acf9.nyu.edu