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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"sharman" wrote in message
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Ever since MS Word was reinstalled on my machine, it takes long time to
load.
It's the same if I double click on a document or on the MS Word shortcut
on
the start menu.

On the start menu I put in a switch of /a to the shortcut. Now when I use
the start menu it opens quickly but it still takes a long time if I double
click the document. I have also tried going to Tools-Templates and Add
Inns
and looked for the template. It was Normal.dot and I again attached
Normal.dot. It didn't help. The other thing that I have noticed is that if
I
disable my internet connection, Word loads quickly.

Please help. Thanks in advance.

-Manoj