Microsoft KB Archive/31107

Keep In Memory Preferences

PSS ID Number: Q31107 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

The Keep In Memory option in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 3.0x and 4.0 loads open files and/or the Word program into your Macintosh’s memory. Keep In Memory is an option in the Preferences dialog box (from the Edit menu, choose Preferences).

If you select the box next to File, Word loads every document you open into memory. Without this option, Word loads only as much of an entire document as it can whenever you open a file. It also accesses the disk periodically to obtain more information.

If you select the box next to Program, all of Word is loaded into memory every time you start the program. This includes the current session. This option limits disk access and can speed up the general use of the program. Without this option, only a portion of Word is stored in memory, and the program disk is accessed when necessary.

If you do not have enough RAM available to load the file and program in memory, but you select these options anyway, all of the file and as much of the program as possible will be loaded.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Word 5.0 and later do not have a Keep In Memory Program option.

For more information about the Preferences command in Word version 4.0, see page 290 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 4.0 manual.

For more information about the Preferences command in Word versions 3.0x, see page 286 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 3.0 manual.

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