Diagnostic function question....

[Guest]

After installing Office 2007 on my main computer I noticed that Word seemed
sluggish or slow to open.
As a test i installed Office 2007 on my other(older) computer and it opens
very quickly or, in my opinion, normally. So I ran the diagnostics and it
fixed a problem with one of the files. Word seems to still open slowly or
more slowly than Word on my older computer.
So my question is what more can I do to troubleshoot this problem of Word
opening slowly on my main computer. Its seems to be more of an annoyance than
a real problem at the moment.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Charles,

If you open Word while holding the ctrl key does it open more quickly? If so then it could be one or more add-ins loading that
affect Word or your Antivirus software on that PC.

If the speed is the same are you on a network? If so is your template folder and your printer driver on the local machine or on the
server? Do you also get slowness in Office Button(file)=>Open? If so check in the 'Look in' list there for unused network drives
that you can disconnect by right clicking on them.

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After installing Office 2007 on my main computer I noticed that Word seemed
sluggish or slow to open.
As a test i installed Office 2007 on my other(older) computer and it opens
very quickly or, in my opinion, normally. So I ran the diagnostics and it
fixed a problem with one of the files. Word seems to still open slowly or
more slowly than Word on my older computer.
So my question is what more can I do to troubleshoot this problem of Word
opening slowly on my main computer. Its seems to be more of an annoyance than
a real problem at the moment. <<
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Guest]

Hi Bob,
What I have discoovered is that Word opens very quickly when I type
"winword.exe /a" in the run box.

You suggested to go to Office Button(file)>open and check the "Look In"
list. Where do I find the "look in" list?

I also discovered that the "normal.dot" template is named "normal.dotm"
instead.
I stopped my antivirus program and that seems to have helped somewhat.