Re: Slow start-up times

Gimme a BREAK!!! I have a day job, I only get in here once a day :-)

Your problem appears to be that when Word 2008 re-launches, it is FINDING
another Normal or Normal.dotm template from SOMEWHERE and sucking it back
in.

The slow start-up is being caused by cruft in the Normal.dotm template. It
is LIKELY that there is an old copy hanging around in a folder "somewhere"
on your system that Word is finding and sucking rubbish out of.

That's why it's cured in your other User Login.

So I need to leave it to you to fin out where that stuff is coming from.

Sorry...


On 8/02/08 8:15 AM, in article
93e1da7b-e654-4ca1-98fa-44e829c7259e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "nb"
<nbarman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This problem is still unresolved.

Thanks.


On Feb 7, 8:45 am, nb <nbar...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi John,

Thanks for the help so far.  I tried deleting all version of the
Normal file as well as removing preferences as you indicated in your e-
mail.  This didn't solve the problem, but I noticed something
interesting.

When I trash the normal file and empty the trash, Word takes about 17
seconds to launch.  However, now if I quit Word and try to re-launch
it, it takes closer to 50 seconds to launch.  This is after the
Normal.dotm file has been initially created.  If I again trash the
Normal.dotm file, the launch time again comes down to 17 seconds.

But the problem is still there, because on my guest login, Word
launches in about 5 seconds.

Any other suggestions?

On Feb 7, 7:13 am, John McGhie <j...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yup!

Hammer the Normal.dotm.

Drag it to the desktop, then go on a search and destroy mission for any
OTHER copies of Normal template on your system and drag those to the desktop
too.  Note: the old versions of Normal template had no extension, they're
simply called "Normal".

You must ensure there are no other versions on the system, or Word 2008 will
try to suck in settings from them on first launch, and you will go round the
circle again.

Remove or rename ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10)

(And ...Settings 11, if it's there).

Now, Launch and quit Word.

It should create a new clean Normal and everything ought to speed up.

Come back if that doesn't fix it.

On 7/02/08 12:05 AM, in article
616a6e3f-6a2a-4b7b-bb44-bed487643...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "nb"

<nbar...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have already turned WYSIWYG fonts off.
I have also turned Show Project Gallery at Startup off.
I have deleted any and all versions of the NORMAL or NORMAL.DOTM file

I am using a MacBook with 2 Ghz processor and 2 GB of memory and 160
GB of hard drive space.

I am pretty sure this is not a memory issue because I am getting very
good startup times on the guest account.  The problem just seems to
happen within my user account...

Any other ideas?

On Feb 6, 6:31 am, John McGhie <j...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Try turning off WYSIWYG fonts, and Show Project Gallery at Startup in
Word>Preferences>General.

Then quit and re-launch.

This works for a lot of people.  Word 2008 launches quite snappily on this
MacBook.  But it will struggle if you don't have enough memory: how much
do
you have?

It will also struggle if you have a bad Normal template.  To replace your
Normal.dotm, you need to hide not only Normal.dotm but all OLD versions of
the pre-2008 Normal template, which was called just "Normal".  If you
don't,
Word 2008 imports crud from the previous version template instead of
creating a clean one.

Hope this helps

On 6/02/08 4:04 PM, in article
d8df68ea-6afc-480f-8a63-8bd477659...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "nb"

<nbar...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

Every time I try to start up Word 08, I experience unusually slow
startup times.  I have tried disabling fonts, etc., to no avail.

Interestingly, if I try to start up Word 08 on Leopard's guest
account, it starts up fast.  I have isolated the problem to being
related to my login, but I have tried everything from deleting all
Microsoft preferences to deleting the normal files to disabling my
fonts.  None of these measures have solved the problem of slow startup
times for Word.

When I launch Word, my activity monitor indicates that it is using
anywhere from 98 - 100% of my system resources.  Many times this
triggers off loud fan noise from my Macbook.  This lasts for 1-2
minutes and then Word finally launches.

Any suggestions?

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