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Slow opening of Word Docs
If I open a word doc the time to open the file is at
least 45 seconds. Is there any way to speed this up? I am using Office 2003 Many thanks Martin |
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm. If you have
Norton AV, disable its Office Plug-In. Otherwise, is this true of all documents or just some? Is there a difference between recently saved and older documents? Is there a difference between documents saved locally vs. over a network? Have you recently changed: (1) network servers or connections? (2) version of Word or Operating System? -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Martin" wrote in message ... If I open a word doc the time to open the file is at least 45 seconds. Is there any way to speed this up? I am using Office 2003 Many thanks Martin |
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Try changing your default printer to "Microsoft Document Image Writer" or one
of the other printers that is installed that writes a file rather than communicating with an actual printer. I believe that Word is trying to connect to your printer every time you open a document. This process takes some time, and therefore you experience a lag time when opening a word document. Please let me know if this works as I have not tested this theory on any additional machines. This problem seems to only exist with Office 2003. Wyatt "Martin" wrote: If I open a word doc the time to open the file is at least 45 seconds. Is there any way to speed this up? I am using Office 2003 Many thanks Martin |
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If this is the problem, a better solution is to install the printer driver
for the network printer locally. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Wyatt" wrote in message ... Try changing your default printer to "Microsoft Document Image Writer" or one of the other printers that is installed that writes a file rather than communicating with an actual printer. I believe that Word is trying to connect to your printer every time you open a document. This process takes some time, and therefore you experience a lag time when opening a word document. Please let me know if this works as I have not tested this theory on any additional machines. This problem seems to only exist with Office 2003. Wyatt "Martin" wrote: If I open a word doc the time to open the file is at least 45 seconds. Is there any way to speed this up? I am using Office 2003 Many thanks Martin |
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