[Robert]

Graham and Terry,
Thank you very much for your tips and efforts.
But to be honest with you I am quite happy with the default template when I
am using it. As a matter of fact, I use specific or personalized templates
most of the time. So deleting the ¡§normal¡¨ template is no problem. It has
two benefits: my ¡§Normal¡¨ template remains set at its default values (which
is sometimes handy), and Word loads fast (which is a real blessing).
I haven¡¦t monitored the size of the ¡§Normal.dotm¡¨ file on my system but one
thing is certain, if I leave things to run as they normally do, Word starts
loading slower and slower at each new run until it can take up to 15
seconds to simply load an empty new document. When my ¡§Normal.dotm¡¨ file is
deleted before running Word, Word launches almost as fast as Notepad does.
Regarding the temp folder, it is systematically emptied by a script file
each time my system is shut down. And so is the Word ¡§Normal.dotm¡¨ file.
By the way, I don¡¦t have any ¡§Normal.dot¡¨ file. Should I have one?

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:30:20 +0200, Robert wrote:

Word launches actually much faster, almost instantaneously. So the benefits
are huge as far as I am concerned.
It so happened that Word 2007 was launching slower and slower at each new
run on my system.
Word 2007 might not be working as it is intended by MS but it is now
working to my satisfaction! What more would I want?

This said, I don¡¦t have any plug-in installed.
And I don¡¦t understand what might be causing this gradual and persistent
slow-down¡K
I can only think of what you suggested yourself, i.e. that some changes are
systematically saved each time I shut Word down. And they take more time to
load at each new run.

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:30:07 +0300, Graham Mayor wrote:

It might be faster, but it is now incapable of working as intended, so it
is a ridiculous idea.
If Word starts slowly, there is a good reason for it and that is usually to
do with add-ins (though Word 2003 will start slowly next time it is started
after saving a change to normal.dot)