Kevin: If you were to have these files in their own folder, would that speed things up? Perhaps I'll try that. thanks, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 10:40 AM Subject: [bookcourier] Re: problem with sluggish performance >I have also found that just putting more than 3 or 4 large files in a >single > folder make the book courier sluggish. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Kilburn > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 7:21 AM > To: Book Courier List Serve > Subject: [bookcourier] problem with sluggish performance > > > Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > Hi all: > > I've had my BC for little over a year. It's updated. I use metal > re-chargeable batteries which seem to work fine. I load most of my files > into the BC using documents scanned into Kurzweil 1000. Much of the time, > I've found that using the text format, versus the KES format, to be better > for BC navigation in terms of word and sentence navigation. > > With certain files, seemingly those originating as Microsoft Word > Documents > imported into Kurzweil, and then transferred to the book courier as text > files, these documents invariably end up being very sluggish in terms of > navigation. For example, after pushing the read key, there will be 2 or 3 > second delay before reading begins. Likewise, with the other navigation > keys > the same thing occurs. > > I've changed batteries to alkalines to determine if this corrected the > problem but no change resulted. Can anyone advise on this problem as to > it's > cause and possible solution? > > Thanks, > Mike > > > > -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- > -- Type: text/plain > -- Desc: "AVG certification" > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 04/03/2005 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 04/03/2005