Resources Used by Startup Templates

[Ridge Kennedy]

Dear All,

When we put a template in the startup folder for Word, how much does it
affect system resources? For example, if I were to add a template that
includes 100 or so autotext entries for the names of our largest member
firms, would that information be "loaded" into memory when Word starts,
drawing away from resources from other applicaitons? Other modules and
toolbars in the same template -- same thing -- draw down memory recsources
or are they just "available"?

Sincerely,

Ridge [Exit 145]

 

[Jonathan West]

Hi Ridge,

There's no simple answer to this. But there is a way in which you can check
this out.

Start up Word, and also start up Task manager, select the processes tab and
find the WINWORD.EXE process. Make a note of how much memory it is using.

Then load your add-in template and check again.

This will give you a measure of raw memory usage. But it won't do much to
measure usage of other resources such as handles.

Overall though, I've not found add-ins to be a resource problem unless they
were corrupt in some fashion. The worst effect is usually an increase in the
time it takes for Word to start up.

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[Ridge Kennedy]

Good advice. Thank you very much.

R.