I had the same problem with a file that was nearly 200 pages long. I took out all the formatting, made sure all the font was the same, and checked page set up but Jaws always went sluggish. Eventually, I cut it into 2 100 page documents and everything was fine. Barry H ----- Original Message ----- From: "TIDDYogg" <oggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Microsoft Word with Jaws No solution jJamie, but could you divide the document up and edit one section at a time, before reassembling? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Cuthbertson" <jamie.cuthbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Jaws-UK" <Jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 9:45 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Microsoft Word with Jaws > Hi there, > > Jaws 6.20, Windows XP Home, Microsoft Word 2003. > > I don't know for sure, but this one is probably a MS Word query rather > than a Jaws query. > > I am trying to edit a 200 page document and, in order to speed things up, > I wrote several macros so I could carry out repetitive tasks quickly. > That all worked fine but the further through the document I went, the > slower things got. > > It's all been saved and the document seems fine, however, when I try to > move up or down a paragraph with CONTROL+PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN, everything > takes about 10 seconds to react. Moving up and down with just the cursor > keys works normally. Also, if I want to check the font, again it takes > ages to react. > > I've run the repair on Jaws and it made no difference. I've tried cutting > and pasting the whole document to another blank document and no change. > It appears that there is something about this document now that doesn't > like the keystrokes mentioned. > > If I create a completely new document and type in new text, the keystrokes > work fine!! > > I think George mentioned something about deleting the "Normal.dot" file > and that Word creates a new one automatically. Anyone any ideas of where > the file is as I've tried a search on the hard drive and can't find it? > > Does anyone know of a way to set Word back to using default keyboard > assignments. I have a feeling that there is a possibility that I have > screwed up these for this document having messed around with the macros? > > Any ideas gratefully received. > > Yours, slightly desperate, > > Jamie > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq