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Slow Word - as usual
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? |
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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 Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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? |
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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 Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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? |
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If you want the Works templates and functionality, then start Word from
within Works, and this should avoid some of the problems. -- 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. "David Quinn" wrote in message news  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 Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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? |
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Slow Word - as usual
Hey David
Have you find til solutions for the slow Word ? I tried all the things you listed too but it is still slow. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you want the Works templates and functionality, then start Word from within Works, and this should avoid some of the problems. -- 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. "David Quinn" wrote in message news 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 Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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? |
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