For what it's worth, I'm running Word 2003 and 2007 side by side, and I
don't see any difference in speed of keyboard response when typing, or when
typing shortcuts.
This is a medium speed Core2Duo with 4 GB of ram (but since I'm using 32-bit
Vista, only about 3.2GB of my ram is actually being used).
I also have a notebook that runs Windows XP. It's a slower computer, and has
just 1GB of RAM. But, I don't see any keyboard speed differences between
Word 2003 and 2007 on it, either. And, when I'm working in Word, I hardly
ever use the mouse, so I would definitely notice.
Note that Word was noticeably slower until I disabled an Adobe Acrobat
Add-in. However, the add-in was slowing Word 2003 and 2007 both down.
Just for kicks... try starting Word up in Safe mode (hold down Ctrl as Word
is starting, and say Yes to starting in Safe mode). Working in safe mode, is
Word 2007 still as slow as it was, or does it respond more quickly? If it
responds more quickly, then there's a chance that an add-in is slowing
things down.
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web:
http://www.herbtyson.com