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Why is MSWord so slow to open documents (40 sec. plus)?
garfield-n-odie wrote: What version of Word? What version of Windows? Networked or standalone computer? Antivirus? In general, see: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830561 Documents that have attached templates take a long time to open in Word 2002 and in Word 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820 How to use Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in SandyG1009 wrote: It takes my MSWord documents 40 seconds to open, plus it takes 5-6 additional seconds for the hourglass to disappear. I empty my temp file three times a week, and defrag whenever it is required. This is driving me nuts. Please help. Thanks. |
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If on a network, Word is probably searching for the attached template. Are
you on a network? garfield-n-odie asked a number of questions which are the key to addressing your problem. I would suggest answering them. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "SandyG1009" wrote in message ... It takes my MSWord documents 40 seconds to open, plus it takes 5-6 additional seconds for the hourglass to disappear. I empty my temp file three times a week, and defrag whenever it is required. This is driving me nuts. Please help. Thanks. |
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