[Ed]

Terry,

My normal.doc is 46KB. If I change it to normal.old the fresh one created the next time I open Word is 29KB.
But, as I said, it will still take 15 seconds the next time I start Word.

Ed


"Terry Farrell" wrote in message ...
Check out your temp folder. When all applications are closed, it should be completely empty. I suggest that from a fresh reboot and before you start any other apps, open the temp folder and delete all its contents.

Then rename normal.dot to normal.bad. Now open Word. Now close Word. Was it fast or slow? After making a change that needs to be saved to normal.dot (say your default page margins or default font), close Word and note the size of normal.dot.

If Word starts to get slower, note the size of normal.dot to see if it is bloating.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP