WD6X: Scrolling is Slow in Some Word for the Macintosh Documents

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SYMPTOMS

In Word for the Macintosh, it sometimes takes a long time to scroll through a document. By comparison to Word 5.1a for the Macintosh, it may take up to twice as long to scroll through a document.

Scrolling speed is slower in page layout view. If your document contains a table, this may also affect scrolling speed.

STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

Use one or more of the following procedures to improve the scrolling speed in Word for the Macintosh:

1. Switch to normal view to scroll through a document.



2. Turn on the Picture Placeholders option. (To locate the Picture Placeholders option, choose Options from the Tools menu and select the View tab.)



3. Hide nonprinting characters by choosing the Show/Hide Paragraph button on the Standard toolbar.



4. If your document contains a table, turn off table gridlines. To do this, open the Table menu. If there is a check mark next to the Gridlines command, choose Gridlines to remove the check mark.



5. Do not use the DOWN ARROW to scroll through your document, especially when you are in page layout view. Instead, use the scroll boxes in the scroll bars, or use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys.



6. Insert bookmarks in your document and then use the Go To command on the Edit menu to quickly move the insertion point to a particular location in your document.



7. Make sure you are using the optimal display mode on your Macintosh. This ensures your Macintosh screen display updates (redraws) as quickly as possible.



8. Increase the BitMapMemory and CacheSize settings to improve Word's overall performance. To modify these settings, run the ToolsAdvancedSettings macro. For more information about these settings double-click the Help button on the Standard toolbar and type readme. Select the "Word Settings (6) Options" topic.

Additional query words: toolsadvancedsettings advanced settings file locations tools options

Keywords : kbui macword kbtable word6
Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug