Unexplained Word activity

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A running application, while it has priority, is SUPPOSED to use 100% of
your processor (what would be the point of it using less?).

What do you mean by 'overclocking' ? -- the term normally refers to setting
your processor, through BIOS, to run at greater than its rated speed ...
this is not something you can see in the task manager, other than,
conceivably(!) by monitoring the CPU temperature.
 
I have some RTF, DOC, and TXT files that, when open in Word, cause CPU
overclocking, i. e. reaching the full 100% use of the CPU.
I discovered this after loading these documents and hearing the CPU fan
working like a jet engine.
Now I monitor processes by the graphs in the Task Manager. When the
overclocking happens, Windows application is shown to use be active, but no
further details.

The Word Spell checker, smart tags, bullets and numbering are off.
A simple 2kb TXT file causes the same overclocking as a giant RTF file,
which is almost 2 Mb.
The files were created on the same PC running XPHome.

Any ideas?
Thanks
 
I have IExplorer open, 2-4 docs up in Word, Outlook Express--to post in this
group, and only 1-3 % CPU is used!
The CPU fan is just whispering--unlike the turbine noise it produces when
Defrag or Anti-Virus scan is running. Or any one of the 3-4 documets that
cause the CPU to overfill.
None of the programs use more than 1% of the CPU, regardless of the
activity.

Again, this observation is based on the Task Manager real-time graphs.

Any more ideas?
 
Posting to a newsgroup is a trivial activity from your CPU's point of view.
The amount of CPU usage depends on what your app is doing at the time. If
none of your other apps uses more than 1% then you have a ridiculously
over-powered computer for the apps you use. If no other apps are competing
for CPU resources, then your CPU is REQUIRED to dedicate all available
capacity to the app that's doing work.

What are actually concerned about? Why do you want your CPU to be idle?
 
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