I have Windows XP(SP2) with Office 2002 and Norton AV Pro, and noticed that
Word documents (and the program) open and close slowly. It sometimes takes
between 5-10 seconds for the program to close. Other times it takes a little
less.

Excel and PowerPoint open and close very quickly.

Any ideas on why this happens and what I can do? I defragmented the drive
but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I know that Norton scans documents
before opening but this shouldn't affect closing them.

Thanks