powerpoint 2007 is slow

[Guest]

Everything in PowerPoint 2007 is slow. I'm running it in Vista with a 3Ghz
processor and 2GB of RAM. It will take more than 5 seconds to start a
presentation. Things really slow to a crawl when I want to choose a new
animation. And selecting slide transitions is a disaster. After googling
"powerpoint 2007 slow" I see that this seems to be a fairly big problem.

Is there anything I can do? Is Microsoft aware of this?

 

[Echo S]

This will sound weird, but install a certified printer driver from
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/category.aspx?bcatid=1044&tabid=1 and set
it as the default driver. If you're on a network, make sure to install these
as local printer drivers (on the computer, not on the network).

This often corrects the very slow editing issues.

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Make sure you are not running one of the Beta version. The released version
is much faster than the betas were.

FYI: If you have OneNote, you have one of the certified drivers already.
Just make sure
Send to OneNote 2007 is set as your default printer.

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

This will sound weird, but install a certified printer driver from
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/category.aspx?bcatid=1044&tabid=1 and
set it as the default driver. If you're on a network, make sure to install
these as local printer drivers (on the computer, not on the network).

This often corrects the very slow editing issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Everything in PowerPoint 2007 is slow. I'm running it in Vista with a
3Ghz
processor and 2GB of RAM. It will take more than 5 seconds to start a
presentation. Things really slow to a crawl when I want to choose a new
animation. And selecting slide transitions is a disaster. After googling
"powerpoint 2007 slow" I see that this seems to be a fairly big problem.

Is there anything I can do? Is Microsoft aware of this?

 

[Guest]

Well, I'm mainly an idiot. I didn't have the drivers installed for my video
card. So, I don't think Microsoft needs to be alerted to my problem. Thanks
for your consideration and suggestions!

Make sure you are not running one of the Beta version. The released version
is much faster than the betas were.

FYI: If you have OneNote, you have one of the certified drivers already.
Just make sure
Send to OneNote 2007 is set as your default printer.

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

This will sound weird, but install a certified printer driver from
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/category.aspx?bcatid=1044&tabid=1 and
set it as the default driver. If you're on a network, make sure to install
these as local printer drivers (on the computer, not on the network).

This often corrects the very slow editing issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Everything in PowerPoint 2007 is slow. I'm running it in Vista with a
3Ghz
processor and 2GB of RAM. It will take more than 5 seconds to start a
presentation. Things really slow to a crawl when I want to choose a new
animation. And selecting slide transitions is a disaster. After googling
"powerpoint 2007 slow" I see that this seems to be a fairly big problem.

Is there anything I can do? Is Microsoft aware of this?

 

[Echo S]

Glad to hear you got it working properly. Thanks for letting us know.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Well, I'm mainly an idiot. I didn't have the drivers installed for my
video
card. So, I don't think Microsoft needs to be alerted to my problem.
Thanks
for your consideration and suggestions!

Make sure you are not running one of the Beta version. The released
version
is much faster than the betas were.

FYI: If you have OneNote, you have one of the certified drivers already.
Just make sure
Send to OneNote 2007 is set as your default printer.

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we
lived

This will sound weird, but install a certified printer driver from
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/category.aspx?bcatid=1044&tabid=1 and
set it as the default driver. If you're on a network, make sure to
install
these as local printer drivers (on the computer, not on the network).

This often corrects the very slow editing issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Everything in PowerPoint 2007 is slow. I'm running it in Vista with a
3Ghz
processor and 2GB of RAM. It will take more than 5 seconds to start a
presentation. Things really slow to a crawl when I want to choose a
new
animation. And selecting slide transitions is a disaster. After
googling
"powerpoint 2007 slow" I see that this seems to be a fairly big
problem.

Is there anything I can do? Is Microsoft aware of this?