There are a couple ways to do this. Personnel Folders spends a lot of time updating all the tables and calendars in the "Home", "Employees", "Schedules", and "Calendar" window tabs:

To speed up the load time of a Personnel Folders data file: Open up the preferences window (select Preferences from the Edit menu). On the Options 1 tab, turn off one or more of the startup window tabs. The "Calendars" and "Home" tabs take the longest to load while the "Employees" and "Schedules" tabs can be loaded fairly quickly. You can always open up any one of these windows after the program has loaded by using the toolbar or main menu. If Personnel Folders doesn't have to open all the windows when it loads a data file, it will load faster.

To speed up the refresh time when adding or editing schedule information: Close any unnecessary window tabs in order to prevent Personnel Folders from having to update those windows when you add or change any data. Just click the "X" in the upper right hand corner of the window (NOT the program close "X", the one below that). The "Calendars" and "Home" tabs take the longest to update while the "Employees" and "Schedules" tabs can be updated fairly quickly. You can always open up any one of the windows you closed by using the toolbar or main menu. If Personnel Folders doesn't have to update all the windows when you add or change any data, it can update the open windows much faster.