Particle baking

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Hi,
how can I pake particles from a specific frame to another specific frame?
The manual states that you can set the time frame in the bake panel but there is no place in the bake panel where I can set frames. Or at least not in the one I am looking. Is there another bake panel somewhere?

Here is what my bake panel looks like:


Furthermore, is it possible to bake a particle system to a specific frame, then interrupt the bake and then restart the bake later on? For example if you have a large system and want to bake over nights but need your computer during the day this would be very useful.

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The manual states that you can set the time frame in the bake panel but there is no place in the bake panel where I can set frames. Or at least not in the one I am looking. Is there another bake panel somewhere?

Originally Posted by Manual Beware of the [I]Start and End Settings

The simulation is only calculated for the positive frames in-between the Start and End frames of the Bake panel, whether you bake or not. So if you want a simulation longer than 250 frames you have to change the End frame!
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And on the page with that statement it has screenshots showing you that the start/end values are for dynamic hair particles and what you see is correct for emitter particles
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Physics/Particles/Cache_And_Bake

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Ok, I was reading the new manual (2.7 ?) where this image is not present.
http://www.blender.org/manual/physics/particles/cache_and_bake.html

So, is it impossible to stop a bake and then continue at another time? Or can this be done in some other way?