First question: is this just on that document or any Word document that you
get slow screen display response?

Slow screen response is usually caused by the graphics or printer drivers
being either partially corrupted or out of date. Check that you have the
latest printer driver, then delete and reinstall the printer. Also, the
printer should be a local printer, so even if you don't have the printer
connected (because you are mobile) install one as though it is a local
printer and set as the default. If that does resolve the problem, do similar
for the graphics driver.

If it still doesn't resolve the problem, what happens if you start Word in
Safe Mode. Click on the Word icon whilst holding down the Control Key to
open Word in Safe Mode. Is the screen response still slow?

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"sid derra" wrote in message
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I am writing a thesis at the moment, which is a word file (Word 2002, winXP
home) with 116 pages at the moment. The file size is about 10.5mb, it
contains plenty of Excel objects and bookmarks. So far so good - now, here
comes my problem:

So far i worked on this file at my desktop (2.6ghz dual core, 2gb ram)
without major problems. Now I just had to go to Europe for a couple of
months and thus have to finish the paper on my notebook. It's a 1.4ghz
Celeron with 512mb ram on winXP home as well (same Word version).
I still have about 30 pages to go, but it's almost impossible to add new
text to that file, as the typed content will not appear on the screen
until several seconds after the text was typed. This is super annoying and
I just wondered if there was anyone out there who has any ideas on how to
speed up word on my current system again, while editing this file. I mean,
the notebook is not the newest on the block, but not AS outdated yet
either. I just wonder if there are any options that are known to slow down
Word considerably and can be turned off for the time i work on this file.
(Something like real time spell check maybe? I tried to turn this option
off already, without any noticeable effect.).

Thanks a whole bunch in advance!
sid