Slowwww PP performance while printing

[Paul Campbell]

While trying to print a 10-page PP job, the computer's
performance gets incredibly sluggish. I can't even move a
small text box around while the printing is going on.
I've noticed this doesn't happen w/ earlier versions of
PP, so I'm thinking the problem is OfficeXP. My system is
2000 SP3, with 512MB RAM. I don't think it's a hardware
issue. Any suggestions? (I already tried uninstalling
Norton Antivirus, to no avail.) Thanks.

 

[Sonia]

Try turning off Background Printing in Tools > Options > Print.

 

[Guest]

Tried that, but it didn't have any effect. The computer
was actually right smack in the middle of printing a
Powerpoint job when I deselected it, so maybe it won't
take effect until after that job is done. I'll try it
again with a new job once it's done.