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echo: os2dos
to: WIM VAN BLARICUM
from: JONATHAN DE BOYNE POLLARD
date: 1996-05-30 03:24:00
subject: Word 6.0

WvB>
   > I would like to know how to make word 6.0 behave under Win-OS2.
   > It eats my swapfile by just starting it. Loading anything 'big'
   > makes the system stop: Swapfile is full.
   > According to OS/2 helpline word has a 'memory leak'.
WvB>
  Word 6.0 is just a memory hog.  It asks for lots of memory, and OS/2
  gives it what it asks for.  OS/2 has to increase the swapfile size in
  order to do this.
  Solution #1 : Install more RAM on your PC.
  Solution #2 : Free up more space on the partition containing your
                swapfile.
  Solution #3 : Buy a bigger hard disc.
  Solution #4 : Replace Word with a wordprocessor that is less memory
                intensive.  Don't ask me for opinions, because, to be
                frank, all of my wordprocessing needs are happily met by
                BOXER 7.0 for OS/2.
                There's a whole load of options for you to investigate :
                Describe for OS/2, Clearlook/2, Ami Pro for OS/2, the word
                processor in the Bonus pack ...
   > JdeBP <
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