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Subject:Re: Is Microsoft Word a hog? From:Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 20 Jun 1997 11:18:49 -0400
General note: One of the most consistent comments
I hear (and take note of) about Word is that Fast
Save is capital-Bad-News. Problems with corrupt and/or
large files? especially in help? Check to make sure Fast
Save is off.
--
Alexia Prendergast
Senior Technical Writer
Seagate Software
alexiap -at- sems -dot- com
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>From: Dave Whelan[SMTP:agi259 -at- FREENET -dot- MB -dot- CA]
>Sent: Friday, June 20, 1997 10:37 AM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: Is Microsoft Word a hog?
>
>Leslie's right:
>>Another way to reduce the size of your Word docs is to turn off "fast
>>saves." It works for Word 6 so it should also work for Word 7. They aren't
>>that different.
>>
>
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