Microsoft KB Archive/26690

Word: Spelling Disk Swaps with Two 800K Disk Drives

PSS ID Number: Q26690 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

When working with systems configured with two 800K disk drives (no hard drive), excessive disk swapping may occur. This is likely to happen when files need to be accessed from the Word Utilities disks – for example, when using the spelling checker. To avoid excessive disk swapping, do the following:


 * 1) Place the System disk in the internal drive and the data disk in the external drive.
 * 2) Load the Word document.
 * 3) From the Edit menu, choose Preferences and click the File option beside Keep In Memory. Click OK. (Click either Now or Always beside Keep File In Memory in Word 4.00.)
 * 4) From the Document menu, choose Spelling (the Utilities menu in Word 4.00).
 * 5) When prompted to locate the Main Dictionary, eject the data disk and insert the Utilities disk. Locate and open the Main Dictionary (MS Dictionary in Word 4.00).

= MORE INFORMATION =

Another method is to load a copy of the Main Dictionary onto the data disk. When prompted to locate the Main Dictionary, it can then be accessed from the data disk where the document is stored without having to swap disks at all.

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