Hi Susan, Here are some things I have put together which you can try and
see
if they help you any;
1. If your document is slow to open, For instance, if the document is
quite
large, or if it contains a lot of complex graphics, if it contains a lot
of
linked data from other sources, or if you have saved it quite often with
Word's Fast Save feature turned on.
In this case, go into the tools menu with alt and T. Go to options and
then
press keys, control + tab to jump to the "save page". Here you can tab
around till you come to the fast save checkbox and uncheck it.
2. Other times documents seem like they can take forever to open, for
instance, when it takes four minutes (or longer) to open a document that
is
only 800 KB in size. In these instances, the reason for the slowness may
not
be immediately evident. This is where a little bit of detective work comes
into play.
If the problem is evident in all documents on your computer (they are all
slow in opening), then you may want to check your virus protection
software.
It could be that it is slowing down opening files. The only way to
determine
if this is the case is to disable virus protection at least for the length
of your test to see if the problem goes away. If it does, then you should
either check with the publisher of the virus protection software for an
update, or look at getting a different virus protection program.
To turn off your anti virus, press keys "insert + 11" to bring up the list
of task tray icons. Arrow down to Avast if this is what youa re using and
then press tab key once. Now enter on the right click button and from this
menu, arrow down to stop on-access protection. Press enter here and then
enter again on the "yes" button. Now try opening up your documents.
3. There are other things to try if the problem is evident in all of the
documents you open. When Word is not running, make sure you delete all the
temporary files that Word may have left lying around various folders in
your
system. Look for files that end with the TMP extension, or files that
being
with the tilde (~) character. If your file folders become very cluttered
with these temporary files, it can slow Word down immensely.
How I would look for temp files is first I would go into my start menu and
then down to "find files and folders". Here I would search for all
documents
and in the search edit box I would type in something like "*.tmp"
Note: leave out the quoatation marks.
4. Another thing to try is to start Word with the /a switch on the command
line. This causes it to load without also loading different startup files
such as add-ins and macros. If this fixes the problem, then you can bet
that
the slowdown is caused by one of those add-ins or macros.
How to start word without any macros;
Go into the start menu then "Run" and type in here the following; winword
/a
then press enter key.
5. You might also rename the Normal.dot (or Normal.dotm) file; if it is
corrupted then it can slow down response times. (Renaming the file causes
Word to create a clean, fresh, empty one the next time you start the
program.)
Finding the word normal.dot template can be a little tricky. Try looking
for
it under the following areas. Go into "Run" and type in any one of the
following paths;
C:\program files\Microsoft Office and look for a folder called
"templates".
In here if you find the normal template, then just delete it.
6. When the problem is limited to a single document, then there are a
couple
of things to try. First, is the file stored on some sort of removable
media,
such as a USB drive or a CD drive? Opening a file on some removable media
can be excruciatingly slow. This is not only because reading the file is
slow, but because Word also tries to create its own temporary files on the
removable media. This may quickly fill up the media and cause very slow
response times.
7. Finally, if the document still won't open quickly, it could be because
the document itself is corrupted. You can check this out by following
these
general steps:
1.Open the slow document. (Maybe you will need to take a coffee break
while
it opens.)
2.Open a new, blank document.
3.In the slow document, press Ctrl+Home to go to the beginning of the
document.
4.Press Shift+Ctrl+End. This should select everything from the beginning
of
the document to the end.
5.Press Shift+Left Arrow. This "deselects" the final paragraph mark in the
document.
6.Press Ctrl+C to copy the selection to the Clipboard.
7.In the new, blank document, press Ctrl+V. This pastes the copied
information to the new document.
8.Close the old document and save the new document.
This should clear up any corruption problems associated with a document.
Paul.
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