Speed up your scrolling in large documents (Microsoft Word)

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Speed up your scrolling in large documents (Microsoft Word)

If you’re editing a large document that also includes a number of images, you may find that scrolling is quite slow. This happens because Word has to load each image as you scroll, which can make your productivity drag.

Fortunately, if you display picture placeholders rather than your actual images, you won’t have to worry about this needless slowdown any more.

To display picture placeholders:

1. Select Tools | Options from the menu bar, and select the View tab. (In Word 2004, select Word | Preferences. In 2007, click on the Office tab, then select Word Options. Click on Advanced.)

2. Select the Picture Placeholders check box (Image Placeholders in 2004) in the Show area, and click OK.

If an AutoShape or some other drawing tool is slowing down your scrolling, there’s also a way to deal with this-hide all drawing objects. Here’s how:

1. Reopen the View tab of the Options dialog box.
2. Deselect the Drawings check box, and click OK.

November 18, 2015