Microsoft KB Archive/64001

Word: Highlighting Entire Document Slows Keyboard Response

PSS ID Number: Q64001 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Pressing SHIFT+F10 to highlight an entire document in Microsoft Word version 5.00 will result in slow keyboard response if the document is very big. Using a large number of custom tab stops will slow the program further.

Some commands can be returned to normal speed by turning off the ruler, which is done by setting the Options “show ruler:” field to No. When the ruler is off, commands not related to paragraph or character formatting will execute faster.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To work around this behavior, avoid using SHIFT+F10 on large documents. There are several ways to apply formats to every paragraph, character, or division in a document without using SHIFT+F10. Two of them are outlined below.


 * 1) Apply the format to a small portion of the document and press the F4 key (repeat last formatting command) to quickly apply the formatting multiple times.
 * 2) Repeated use of the extend function F6 and the Jump Page menu command can accomplish the same task as pressing SHIFT+F10. For example, jumping from Page 1 to Page 10 while the EXTEND function is on will highlight the first 10 pages of a document so that the text can be formatted with one command. However, jumping from Page 1 to the end of a document will have the same effect as pressing SHIFT+F10 and will slow the program.

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