First time user - noticing lag

Scrivener Scrivener for Windows
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Hi there.

So I installed the beta version for Windows today and I’m experiencing some significant lag between commands. Did a little searching and found a few posts saying the same thing, but hadn’t been responded to yet.

Running win 7 with the new patch and all. Wondering if this is something others have experienced as well and if it’s been rectified somehow?

=)

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Still experiencing this lag on reaction to typing. I am using Version 1.6.0.0. for windows. I have noticed that the problem got worse once I installed 2 images in the document so I suspect it is a memory thing.

I have deleted the images but left them in the research folder and will include them at final editing. This seems to have improved the response time to keyboard commands.

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A few things you can try:

  • Increase the auto-save interval in the General tab of Tools > Options, as it may be kicking in too soon and interfering with your typing or other work in the program.

  • Work in smaller sections, if you’re typically viewing multiple documents at a time in Scrivenings mode or viewing a lot of items (particularly photos) on the corkboard. Grouping items differently can let you load folders with fewer subdocuments on the corkboard.

  • Use smaller placeholder images inside your text, rather than the high-res ones you want to compile. Check section 15.5.2 in the user manual for information on linking external images (making it easy to swap them out for the full-size image at compile time).

  • Take a look to see what other software you have running while working in Scrivener, including programs that run from your initial start-up like password helpers or text expanders; aside from just taking up more memory, these could be specifically interfering with input in Scrivener, so preventing them from working in Scrivener might fix the lag problem.

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Thanks for the tips. :wink:

Removing the images to the research file seems to have brought the speed back. In fact that is how I should have approached the project. There is no need to include them until editing and a comment in the location that the image should go is fine.