Would this be the case only with using Word? It does not
happen when I use other programs, including Excel.

When I close Word down the problem goes away.
-----Original Message-----
If the HD is so full that there's not room for a very
large swap file, then
that could be part of the problem.

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"Jeff" wrote in
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Unfortunately not.

Do you have any other ideas? My hard drive is getting
close to being full, although I haven't gotten any
messages that anything needs to be deleted. Other than
that, I can't think of anything that could cause the
problem.
-----Original Message-----
Most frequently, this is a problem with the Spelling
or
Grammar. Open Tools,
Options, select the Spelling and Grammar tab and
uncheck
the two check as
you type options. Does that reduce the CPU load?

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

"Jeff" wrote in
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:I am running office XP on 2003 Presario Notebook 1.7
: Centrino processor with 512 RAM.
:
: Whenever I use Word now the CPU shoots up to 100%
usage,
: which causes the fan to fun at full speed
constantly,
and
: quickly drains the battery.
:
: When I shut down Word, the CPU usage goes down to
about
: 8%.
:
: Does anyone have any idea what is causing Word to
take
up
: so much of the CPU, or what I can do to fix the
problem?
:
: Thanks much for any ideas.


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