Each time I open a stored doc (which is virus-free) from my C: drive, Word
2003 goes through a virus scan which can be time-consuming. I can't find the
option to turn off the repeated virus scan.

This is coming from your AV, not Word. If the AV is Norton AntiVirus,
disable its Office Plug-in, which adds nothing and causes many other
problems in Word.

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"Dan F" Dan wrote in message
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Each time I open a stored doc (which is virus-free) from my C: drive, Word
2003 goes through a virus scan which can be time-consuming. I can't find
the
option to turn off the repeated virus scan.