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Word 2003 opens slow
For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash
screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm
-- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from
registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document
based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
Or is on a network you're not connected to?
-- 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. "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot
template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
FWIW, it takes an age for Word 2003 to open on my machine. Since I leave it
open all day, I don't know whether it would open more quickly a second time or not, but it takes 20-30 seconds the first time. There used to be something called the Office Startup Assistant (OSA) that preloaded some common components to make Office apps load more quickly. I don't know whether there's some current equivalent of that or not, but there needs to be. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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OK, that's about how long my Word is now taking to open. FWIW, OSA.exe is
available on the CD. You can install it to your office11 directory and then create a shortcut in your startup folder. It will decreas you start time by half, which means now it will only take it about ten seconds to open. Randy Davis "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... FWIW, it takes an age for Word 2003 to open on my machine. Since I leave it open all day, I don't know whether it would open more quickly a second time or not, but it takes 20-30 seconds the first time. There used to be something called the Office Startup Assistant (OSA) that preloaded some common components to make Office apps load more quickly. I don't know whether there's some current equivalent of that or not, but there needs to be. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new normal.dot does not
help, then this is symptomatic of a third party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word se it correctly? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
Terry,
I've uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it, to no avail. It also works fine with other programs. When I check the add-ins the only thing showing is under the XML Schema tag. There I have six entries for Microsoft Small Business Acounting, but none of them are checked. I've also unchecked all third-party smart tags. So, as far as I know nothing should be running from the start of Word. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new normal.dot does not help, then this is symptomatic of a third party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word se it correctly? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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I'm not sure where to go from here. All I can state absolutely is that if it
works with the /a switch - where Word runs in its default install mode bypassing all macros, templates, add-ins, COM addins, etc. - it proves that there is nothing wrong with Word but that there is something else on your computer that is messing it up. The most common causes are third party add-ins - usually templates installed in Word Startup folder - or the printer driver. Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:QnTgh.1098841$084.29110@attbi_s22... Terry, I've uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it, to no avail. It also works fine with other programs. When I check the add-ins the only thing showing is under the XML Schema tag. There I have six entries for Microsoft Small Business Acounting, but none of them are checked. I've also unchecked all third-party smart tags. So, as far as I know nothing should be running from the start of Word. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new normal.dot does not help, then this is symptomatic of a third party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word se it correctly? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Well, I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with it opening slowly. I have
seen already where another person claims it taks twenty seconds to open, and mine will do it in about seventeen, so I guess I'm in good shape. It's probably a good time to start playing around with Open Office. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... I'm not sure where to go from here. All I can state absolutely is that if it works with the /a switch - where Word runs in its default install mode bypassing all macros, templates, add-ins, COM addins, etc. - it proves that there is nothing wrong with Word but that there is something else on your computer that is messing it up. The most common causes are third party add-ins - usually templates installed in Word Startup folder - or the printer driver. Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:QnTgh.1098841$084.29110@attbi_s22... Terry, I've uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it, to no avail. It also works fine with other programs. When I check the add-ins the only thing showing is under the XML Schema tag. There I have six entries for Microsoft Small Business Acounting, but none of them are checked. I've also unchecked all third-party smart tags. So, as far as I know nothing should be running from the start of Word. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new normal.dot does not help, then this is symptomatic of a third party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word se it correctly? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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As a matter of interest my Word 2000 takes about 4 seconds on a Celeron M
machine with 512K RAM. I have several quite complex macros (if that is relevant) "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:A8%gh.272533$FQ1.98242@attbi_s71... Well, I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with it opening slowly. I have seen already where another person claims it taks twenty seconds to open, and mine will do it in about seventeen, so I guess I'm in good shape. It's probably a good time to start playing around with Open Office. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... I'm not sure where to go from here. All I can state absolutely is that if it works with the /a switch - where Word runs in its default install mode bypassing all macros, templates, add-ins, COM addins, etc. - it proves that there is nothing wrong with Word but that there is something else on your computer that is messing it up. The most common causes are third party add-ins - usually templates installed in Word Startup folder - or the printer driver. Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:QnTgh.1098841$084.29110@attbi_s22... Terry, I've uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it, to no avail. It also works fine with other programs. When I check the add-ins the only thing showing is under the XML Schema tag. There I have six entries for Microsoft Small Business Acounting, but none of them are checked. I've also unchecked all third-party smart tags. So, as far as I know nothing should be running from the start of Word. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new normal.dot does not help, then this is symptomatic of a third party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word se it correctly? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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My machine is fairly old, but I don't think processor speed is really an
issue. I have several add-ins (including Adobe Acrobat, which adds a toolbar) and hundreds of fonts, and I'm running under Windows 2000. I timed it this morning, and it was in fact just about 20 seconds. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "aalaan" wrote in message ... As a matter of interest my Word 2000 takes about 4 seconds on a Celeron M machine with 512K RAM. I have several quite complex macros (if that is relevant) "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:A8%gh.272533$FQ1.98242@attbi_s71... Well, I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with it opening slowly. I have seen already where another person claims it taks twenty seconds to open, and mine will do it in about seventeen, so I guess I'm in good shape. It's probably a good time to start playing around with Open Office. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... I'm not sure where to go from here. All I can state absolutely is that if it works with the /a switch - where Word runs in its default install mode bypassing all macros, templates, add-ins, COM addins, etc. - it proves that there is nothing wrong with Word but that there is something else on your computer that is messing it up. The most common causes are third party add-ins - usually templates installed in Word Startup folder - or the printer driver. Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:QnTgh.1098841$084.29110@attbi_s22... Terry, I've uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it, to no avail. It also works fine with other programs. When I check the add-ins the only thing showing is under the XML Schema tag. There I have six entries for Microsoft Small Business Acounting, but none of them are checked. I've also unchecked all third-party smart tags. So, as far as I know nothing should be running from the start of Word. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new normal.dot does not help, then this is symptomatic of a third party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word se it correctly? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
Mine's slow too - Outlook is even slower and my PC while not the fastest
available is certainly up there - but like you I have a weighty ovehead for Word to carry. I rarely shut Word or Outlook down and turn the PC off using its hibernate feature so the problem, if it is a problem, doesn't often arise. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: My machine is fairly old, but I don't think processor speed is really an issue. I have several add-ins (including Adobe Acrobat, which adds a toolbar) and hundreds of fonts, and I'm running under Windows 2000. I timed it this morning, and it was in fact just about 20 seconds. "aalaan" wrote in message ... As a matter of interest my Word 2000 takes about 4 seconds on a Celeron M machine with 512K RAM. I have several quite complex macros (if that is relevant) "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:A8%gh.272533$FQ1.98242@attbi_s71... Well, I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with it opening slowly. I have seen already where another person claims it taks twenty seconds to open, and mine will do it in about seventeen, so I guess I'm in good shape. It's probably a good time to start playing around with Open Office. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... I'm not sure where to go from here. All I can state absolutely is that if it works with the /a switch - where Word runs in its default install mode bypassing all macros, templates, add-ins, COM addins, etc. - it proves that there is nothing wrong with Word but that there is something else on your computer that is messing it up. The most common causes are third party add-ins - usually templates installed in Word Startup folder - or the printer driver. Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:QnTgh.1098841$084.29110@attbi_s22... Terry, I've uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it, to no avail. It also works fine with other programs. When I check the add-ins the only thing showing is under the XML Schema tag. There I have six entries for Microsoft Small Business Acounting, but none of them are checked. I've also unchecked all third-party smart tags. So, as far as I know nothing should be running from the start of Word. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new normal.dot does not help, then this is symptomatic of a third party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word se it correctly? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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Word 2003 opens slow
FWIW, my Word 2007 opens in less than 1 second under Vista. This is not a
blisteringly fast new computer either: it is a modestly specified P4 3.0/2, with a Radeon 1600XT, though it does have a generous 2GB PC533 dual channel memory. (I have requested Santa brings me a Core 2 DUO e6600 - or better, for Christmas.) Outlook take around 3 seconds but that takes longer because I have quite a generous PST file. Terry "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Mine's slow too - Outlook is even slower and my PC while not the fastest available is certainly up there - but like you I have a weighty ovehead for Word to carry. I rarely shut Word or Outlook down and turn the PC off using its hibernate feature so the problem, if it is a problem, doesn't often arise. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: My machine is fairly old, but I don't think processor speed is really an issue. I have several add-ins (including Adobe Acrobat, which adds a toolbar) and hundreds of fonts, and I'm running under Windows 2000. I timed it this morning, and it was in fact just about 20 seconds. "aalaan" wrote in message ... As a matter of interest my Word 2000 takes about 4 seconds on a Celeron M machine with 512K RAM. I have several quite complex macros (if that is relevant) "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:A8%gh.272533$FQ1.98242@attbi_s71... Well, I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with it opening slowly. I have seen already where another person claims it taks twenty seconds to open, and mine will do it in about seventeen, so I guess I'm in good shape. It's probably a good time to start playing around with Open Office. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... I'm not sure where to go from here. All I can state absolutely is that if it works with the /a switch - where Word runs in its default install mode bypassing all macros, templates, add-ins, COM addins, etc. - it proves that there is nothing wrong with Word but that there is something else on your computer that is messing it up. The most common causes are third party add-ins - usually templates installed in Word Startup folder - or the printer driver. Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:QnTgh.1098841$084.29110@attbi_s22... Terry, I've uninstalled the printer and reinstalled it, to no avail. It also works fine with other programs. When I check the add-ins the only thing showing is under the XML Schema tag. There I have six entries for Microsoft Small Business Acounting, but none of them are checked. I've also unchecked all third-party smart tags. So, as far as I know nothing should be running from the start of Word. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... If starting with the /a switch is OK and creating a new normal.dot does not help, then this is symptomatic of a third party add-in or corrupt/unobtainable printer driver screwing up Word. Have you checked to see what add-ins may be present and tried moving or disabling them? Is the printer OK and can Word se it correctly? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:NbHgh.271556$FQ1.98666@attbi_s71... No, I'm tyring to open Word as one would normally, using the normal.dot template, and I am not on a network. Once it is started I can then open a second instance of Word on my computer and it is instanteously opened. Also, if I start it from the command line using the /a switch it starts instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Does this scenario fit the the problem? You are trying to open a document based on a template that has either moved or no longer exists? Terry "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:nJEgh.316338$1i1.276479@attbi_s72... I've done all of that (renamded normal.dot, deleted data folder from registry, no entries in startup folder) and I still have slowness when opening. It appears that it is searching for a document, as in the default document, but I don't know for sure. I do know that if I open a second occurrence it loads instantly. Randy Davis "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Randy Davis" wrote in message news:3uCgh.1098033$084.861968@attbi_s22... For some reason, Word 2003 has slowed upon opening. It gives me the splash screen and from there it opens very slowly. I've deleted and reinstalled my printer, checked my fonts, and can find no reason for it to be opening slowly. Can someone advise me of what else I mght try? Randy Davis |
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