The Office 2007 apps load almost instantly for me.
The Splash screen should indicate what is slowing the process. As they
start, do you see something such as "Loading some file name add-in" in the
Splash screen? If so, that's what's causing the delay.
Also, for future Office 2010 questions you may want to post in the
applicable newsgroup found he
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...ory/office2010
~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
"Peter Buckland" wrote in message
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Office 2010 beta Word and Excel spend ages saying they are downloading
before
they will start up. Office 2003 loads in about a quarter the time.