Re: Why is Word 2004 running so slow?
- From: "Dave Leer" <dreeleer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:21:53 -0700
thanks for the tips.
also, FYI:
inside the table if I press "return" or "space" within the text in a cell,
there is also a delay between pressing the key and the action taking place.
i will try your suggestions.
"Jeffrey Weston [MSFT]" <jeffw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hey Dave, thanks for being more specific.
>
> As Daiya said, switching to Normal view can be a good start.
>
> Other tips: If you're table spans multiple pages, it might be good to
> break it up a couple of times. Table cells that span multiple pages can
> also slow Word down, so you can try breaking the tables there.
>
> If you're doing a large amount of work in just the table, you can try
> copying and pasting the table into a new document and working on it there
> until your ready to paste it back to the original.
>
> If you're working with graphics that you don't need to currently view or
> modify you can turn the "Image Placholder" Preference in Word |
> Preferences: View. (Only works for Inline graphics.)
>
> Other general tips can just invovle turning off the background tasks, (if
> they're on), which include Spelling/Grammer, Live Word Count, Track
> Changes, etc... Saving and then Quitting and Re-Launching Word
> occastionally could also help.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Jeffrey Weston
> Mac Word Test
> Macintosh Business Unit
> Microsoft
>
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> "Dave Leer" <dreeleer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Well I have a 30-page document that I am working with and there is a very
>> large table of data at about page 8. As soon as I get to page 8 with the
>> table, scrolling slows to a crawl.
>>
>> If I put my cursor on the screen and try to scroll down with the arrow
>> keys, it is just as bad, and what ends up happening is there is such a
>> delay between presing the keys or the scroll bar and the actual movement
>> that when it does start scrolling, it ends up doing it for quite sometime
>> before stopping.
>>
>> "Jeffrey Weston [MSFT]" <jeffw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uuazUl5OFHA.1176@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hey Dave,
>>>
>>> Thanks for posting. Is it possible you could be more specific as to
>>> what things you are doing when you notice Word under performing?
>>>
>>> The "clicking to scroll" is a good example. Does this happen
>>> consistently across all documents? Or just the larger ones?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jeffrey Weston
>>> Mac Word Test
>>> Macintosh Business Unit
>>> Microsoft
>>>
>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dave Leer" <dreeleer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:e89qjezOFHA.4028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Using MS Word 2004, on my G5 with 1gb of ram, the program seems to run
>>>> really slow. There is even a delay between clicking to scroll, and when
>>>> it actually starts scrolling through the document.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anyway to speed up the program? Is this a known issue, or is
>>>> it a setting on my end?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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