Dave
If you are using Norton AV, turn off the Office Plug-in in the advanced
options section of NAV.
Terry
: I have unchecked a number of items that looked like they
: were even THINKING of looking to the internet. The first
: item was that "Customer Feedback" thing, which wasn't
: immediately going to solve any of my problems with MS
: Word. Besides, I'm not sure they really want to hear what
: kind of "feedback" I'd be giving them right now. If I
: could just get the program to stop doing a virus scan on
: my own DOC files, maybe this process could speed up a bit.
:
: I do have a local default printer all hooked up with a
: good driver and everything. There's no need for me at
: this time to even be thinking about printing on some
: remote printer. The local printer is "it," and there's no
: other printer installed here. The program is spending its
: life looking for something besides the printer.
:
: I also miss the little animated "HELP" dog that was on
: earlier versions of MS Office products.
:
:
: Dave
:
:
: >-----Original Message-----
: >Ah WordStar! The days when a wordprocessor new its
: limitations and where
: >Desktop Publishing took over! (I was a real fan of
: WordStar 6.)
: >
: >Word will access the Internet (or try to) to check for
: all sorts of
: >information and also send Microsoft information about
: how you are using Word
: >(Office). Some of these options can be changed in Help,
: Customer Feedback
: >Options. Also, if Help is set to check on line before
: off line, it too will
: >try to establish if and Internet link is available. I
: have also Identified
: >that Intellipoint randomly connects to check for updates
: and that coincides
: >with an Office application starting and establishing a
: connection.
: >
: >Also the point I made about the printer: you must ensure
: that you have
: >installed a local printer and set it as the Windows
: Default - otherwise Word
: >will spend its life looking for a printer somewhere else.
: >
: >Terry
: >
: message
: >: >: This computer is a stand-alone, and is frequently, but
: >: not always, connected to some kind of internet access.
: >: Sometimes the access is dial-up, and at my current
: >: location the access to the internet is Wi-Fi. I am not
: >: really a part of any particular network. I have used
: >: Linkspot, Flying-J, and T-Mobile Wi-Fi connections
: >: depending upon where I'm located. Does MS Word "think"
: >: I'm using those as a server?
: >:
: >: I'd like to keep MS Word on a leash and confine its
: >: activity to my local hard drive. Its useless forays
: into
: >: the ethereal reaches of the internet not only take up
: too
: >: much time, but make me quite nervous. There's no reason
: >: for MS Word to be looking, searching, sniffing (or
: >: whatever else it does) anywhere except my hard drive,
: >: even when I might be connected to internet access. I
: want
: >: to control the software and not have the software
: control
: >: me.
: >:
: >: (I'm starting to miss my old WordStar 5.5)
: >:
: >: Thanks,
: >:
: >: Dave
: >:
: >:
: >: >-----Original Message-----
: >: >Normal.dot was already attached, and it is slow
: anyway.
: >: >(!!RATS!!) Are there any settings I can make to keep
: >: this
: >: >software from (apparently by design) drifting off into
: >: >the stratosphere looking willy-nilly for who knows
: what?
: >: >I happen to know where my files are, and if I need MS
: >: >Word to do any searching, I want to tell it when to
: >: >search and what to search for. Is this the way that it
: >: >is, so therefore, when I'm on Wi-Fi I'm stuck?
: >: >
: >: >Help, help, help!!!
: >: >Thanks,
: >: >
: >: >Dave
: >: >
: >: >
: >: >
: >: >
: >: >>-----Original Message-----
: >: >>If the attached template is or was on the network,
: Word
: >: >will spend a lot
: >: >>more time looking for it if you are connected than
: when
: >: >you are not (it
: >: >>doesn't take as long to search your HD and give up as
: >: it
: >: >does to search the
: >: >>network). If the attached template has been deleted
: or
: >: >moved, then try
: >: >>attaching Normal.dot and see if that doesn't speed
: >: >things up.
: >: >>
: >: >>--
: >: >>Suzanne S. Barnhill
: >: >>Microsoft MVP (Word)
: >: >>Words into Type
: >: >>Fairhope, Alabama USA
: >: >>
: >: >>Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-
: >: ups
: >: >to the newsgroup so
: >: >>all may benefit.
: >: >>
: >: >message
: >: >>: >: >>> Both MS Word and Excel apparently operate fine
: except
: >: >>> when I'm connected to Wi-Fi. The problem is that
: then
: >: >it
: >: >>> takes about a minute and a half to open a file. I
: >: don't
: >: >>> know what it's doing with Wi-Fi connections that it
: >: >>> doesn't otherwise do, but I wish it wouldn't do
: >: >whatever
: >: >>> it is. Ninety seconds is much too long a wait to
: load
: >: >an
: >: >>> almost empty DOC file
: >: >>>
: >: >>> What can I do to stop this little irritation???
: >: >>>
: >: >>> Thanks for any help
: >: >>>
: >: >>> Dave
: >: >>
: >: >>.
: >: >>
: >: >.
: >: >
: >
: >
: >.
: >
Happy Days!