Speeding Up WordPerfect 5.1

DocumentID: 650772
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:01 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer wants to know if there is a way to make WordPerfect 5.1 faster. Solutions: This information is from a user on CompuServe: There are a couple of things you can do to make WP a bit faster: 1. Put things in separate directories; i.e. C:\WP51\PRINTER for printer stuff, C:\WP51\STYLES for style stuff. Save your .SET file in another spot. 2. Put a disk caching program on your computer. 3. Make sure that your hard disk is set up with the correct interleave. 4. Unfragment your hard disk. 5. Get a faster hard disk (although caching would help without that expense). 6. If you have monster documents, then the investment in a faster computer and hard disk (386sx?) would be most beneficial. Sure, you have to spend extra money, but you'll save much time. 7. Don't make the default drive a floppy drive. Printer spooler files are usually sent to the default drive, and if a floppy, can be quite slow. The 3/30 release has a startup option (/PF) that allows specifying the location of the printer spooler files. 8. Use the /D option to divert the overlays and overflow files to a RAM drive. Note: The startup switches can be added to a DOS SET command so that you do not have to type in the switches each time you start WP. (e.g., SET WP=/R /PF-E:\/D-E:\. *This information is given as a troubleshooting option.

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