Those of you who regularly use Microsoft Office might want to try an upcoming new feature designed to speed up your favorite program. Rolling out in May, an option called Startup Boost will reduce the ...

If you've been using Microsoft Word and find it to be a bit sluggish, especially when trying to start the program, well, it's not just your imagination. Fortunately, Word users will see a change to ...

WTF?! Microsoft is rolling out a clever tweak to help Office apps launch faster on Windows. Dubbed "Startup Boost," this new feature quietly runs in the background as soon as you log in the operating ...

TL;DR: Microsoft will introduce a Startup Boost feature for Word to reduce load times by preloading the app shortly after system boot. This background task improves performance by keeping Word in a ...