Re: Delay in Type appearing on computer screen

From: Beth Rosengard (bethrosengard_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/13/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:20:18 -0800

On 3/12/05 3:36 PM, in article d0vue505pf@drn.newsguy.com, "John Decker" >>
John Decker <John_member@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I notice when typing a word processing document in Microsoft Word that
>>> there is a slight delay before the type appears on the computer screen. Is
>>> there something that can be done to correct this annoying problem. I am
>>> using Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. My Mac configuration is as follows:
>>>
>>> iMac G5- 1.8 Ghz, Mac OS 10.3.8, 2GB RAM.
>>
>> My setup is like yours; I was just noticing this too. What I see is that
>> sometimes I can type a key and nothing will happen, but when I type the
>> *next* key, both characters will appear at once. m.
>>
> --------------------------------------------
> Right...ON, Matt,
>
> I check permissions and changed to Normal View as was suggested but nothing
> has corrected the delay. I thought that it may be my computer and I rebuilt my
> disk directory with DiskWarrior but Word still has the same noticeable delay.
> I am not sure how to correct this. If you find out anything please post here.

Here's another possibility which came in from another newsgroup poster. I
doubt it will help Matt since he keeps his fonts so mean and lean, but it
may help you, John. If it does, please post back and let us know. Here
goes:

> I had this problem too. Word slowed right down not just when updating
> formatting, but also when typing characters. For all I know this is just
> Voodoo - I'm not sure if it's a font problem or a preferences problem.
>
> But I did manage to solve it:
>
> I checked font book and noticed duplicate fonts. So I quit Word, used fontbook
> to remove the duplicates, then trashed the MS Office preferences except for
> "Office 11 First Run" and "Office Registration Cache 11" in
> ~/library/preferences/Microsoft/
>
> For good measure I logged out / logged back in again. When I started Word
> again everything was back to normal speed, though I had to reset some of my
> settings.
>
> My guess is that if it really is a font problem, the only file you need to get
> rid of in the preferences folder is the "Office Font Cache (11)" I should have
> tried this first, but I was on a tight deadline, and a little too panicky to
> experiment. 

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