This has to do with Word trying to find the template. Open the document (and
put up with the wait).
Tools Templates and Add-Ins...
Reattach the document to its template (the box to update styles should _not_
be checked).
Resave the document. It will now open regularly.

If this is the case with many documents a more global solution is called
for.

First, if you are using documents as the basis for new documents (open and
Save As) you should be saving your basic documents as templates and creating
new document based on them. For more on the different kinds of templates,
tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Second, there is a MS knowledge base article on this but I don't have access
to it at this time. If you need it, write back and I or someone else will
supply it.
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"maryj" wrote in message
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The department of a client recently upgraded to WinXP/Office 2003 from
Win2K/Office 2K. Since the upgrade, opening a 1 page document (~28 kb) can
take 2-3 minutes. The file is based on a template that is on a shared
drive.
The template has some numbering and tables in it. Turned off background
saves
and fast saves, tried changing default printer to local printer, deleted
temp
files from C drive - no change. About 350 users are all experiencing the
same
thing.


-- maryj