Does VB6 not make things faster?

Yeah, it did. Somewhat. Not enough to justify that bloat, though.

The preview window takes about 10 seconds to refresh on my PC

The preview window is strange, it seems to depend less on the CPU and more on the video drivers. It shouldn't take that long. On my 233 it only takes four seconds to display/refresh the preview window. Are you running in 32-bit color or 16-bit color?

I've thought about ways to improve its speed, and I might try those techniques someday. We'll see...

pasting takes about the same time (but probably just because it is refreshing the preview).

Right. If you turn off the preview window, pasting should be nearly instantaneous.

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