If you want the Works templates and functionality, then start Word from
within Works, and this should avoid some of the problems.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
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"David Quinn" wrote in message
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Suzanne
Thanks for your help. I was afraid of that. Problem is the templates in
Word
itself have the smell of the 70s about them. The Works add-in gives you
acces
visa Word to the Works templates. Maybe if I delete the add-in I can still
get use Works to write Word letters. I'll try it. As we say in England,
you're a brick
David Quinn
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Are you starting Word from the Works Task Launcher? If not, you
absolutely
want to ditch the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word, which causes
innumerable problems in Word run freestanding. Uninstall the add-in
using
Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"David Quinn" wrote in message
...
Word is taking 20 seconds to open and same to close. This began
spontaneously. It worked OK for a long time.
I have been on the MVP site and tried the solutions there, as follows:
- I started with Run Winword.exe /a and Word started immediately
- I tried to look for dot file in the Word Startup folder but the
folder
seems to be empty. I made sure files were not hidden.
- I deleted Normal.dot but this didnt help
- I renaming other .dot files to .old but gave up after about 10
(there
are
lots of Works templates)
- I disabled the relevant Norton plug in
- I deleted the reg key HKEY_Current_User/Softeware/Microsoft
Office/10.0/Word/Data. This didnt help either.
- I reinstalled Word. Again did not help.
MS Support got me to delete some addins (installed by progs supplied
with
digital camera) and this reduced dealy for a while but crept back up.
I
only
have the Works Addin now.
Any ideas?