Excel & Word 2003 is slow

[tbng]

I just "upgraded" from Office 2000 to 2003 Educators version. After I got
over the shock of not having the Office tool bar and reinstalled it from an
older version, I opened files in the new versions. I have a very large Excel
file with thousands of calculations that in 2000 sometimes took a minute or
slightly more to calculate. In 2003, it takes 10 - 15 minutes. My machine
is 1.4Ghz, 512Mb memory, not super fast but not a slug, either. The
calculation consumes virtually no CPU and is not going to the hard drive for
additional memory. I also note that Word moves more slowly in a large
document with .jpg files, about 25Mb in size. Did Microsoft put it to us
again, or does the educator's version lack something?

 

[Echo S]

The Student and Teachers version shouldn't be missing anything that would
make an Excel calculation slow. I'd be more inclined to suspect your
antivirus program or something else that runs in the background. What
antivirus program are you using?

Oh, also, be sure to open Word or Excel and go to Help/Check for Updates and
install SP1 for Office 2003. It's an important update.

 

[Rick]

I am having the same issues with Excel and would to know the answer for this.
I am using Norton anti virus and have SP1 on 2003. Nothing has changed on my
computers except for Office 2003. Excel takes way too long when calculations
need to be done, as the above post says

Any one have any suggestions?
Thanks

The Student and Teachers version shouldn't be missing anything that would
make an Excel calculation slow. I'd be more inclined to suspect your
antivirus program or something else that runs in the background. What
antivirus program are you using?

Oh, also, be sure to open Word or Excel and go to Help/Check for Updates and
install SP1 for Office 2003. It's an important update.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I just "upgraded" from Office 2000 to 2003 Educators version. After I got
over the shock of not having the Office tool bar and reinstalled it from an
older version, I opened files in the new versions. I have a very large Excel
file with thousands of calculations that in 2000 sometimes took a minute or
slightly more to calculate. In 2003, it takes 10 - 15 minutes. My machine
is 1.4Ghz, 512Mb memory, not super fast but not a slug, either. The
calculation consumes virtually no CPU and is not going to the hard drive for
additional memory. I also note that Word moves more slowly in a large
document with .jpg files, about 25Mb in size. Did Microsoft put it to us
again, or does the educator's version lack something?

 

[Echo S]

I would suggest disabling the Norton Office plug-in and making sure the DLL
is not registered.

Instrux at Norton Anti-Virus and Office
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00387.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I am having the same issues with Excel and would to know the answer for this.
I am using Norton anti virus and have SP1 on 2003. Nothing has changed on my
computers except for Office 2003. Excel takes way too long when calculations
need to be done, as the above post says

Any one have any suggestions?
Thanks

The Student and Teachers version shouldn't be missing anything that would
make an Excel calculation slow. I'd be more inclined to suspect your
antivirus program or something else that runs in the background. What
antivirus program are you using?

Oh, also, be sure to open Word or Excel and go to Help/Check for Updates and
install SP1 for Office 2003. It's an important update.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I just "upgraded" from Office 2000 to 2003 Educators version. After I got
over the shock of not having the Office tool bar and reinstalled it

from
an

older version, I opened files in the new versions. I have a very

large
Excel

file with thousands of calculations that in 2000 sometimes took a

minute
or

slightly more to calculate. In 2003, it takes 10 - 15 minutes. My machine
is 1.4Ghz, 512Mb memory, not super fast but not a slug, either. The
calculation consumes virtually no CPU and is not going to the hard

drive
for

additional memory. I also note that Word moves more slowly in a large
document with .jpg files, about 25Mb in size. Did Microsoft put it to us
again, or does the educator's version lack something?

 

[tbng]

I did install SP-1. The disk came with the software. I just uninstalled and
put 2000 back, and boy, is it faster, like on the order of 10x or more.
Somebody screwed something up in 2003. It also had annoying habits of
interjecting itself.

I have trouble accepting that Norton is the problem. Microsoft blames
Norton for EVERY performance problem they have. Surely Microsoft works with
major anti-virus companies like Norton, McAfee, etc. to guarantee everything
works properly. (HA!) At least they should. I only got 2003 to fix a
corrupted Excel file, so I may run two different versions, although messing
with the registry is something that frightens me. Admittedly, though,
restoring it looks easy on XP-SP2 - assuming the system runs at all afterward.

And Microsoft should be shot with an ax for deleting the Office toolbar, a
major time saver for me. While still on 2003, I put it back from the 2000
version.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Shot with an ax?.. or maybe hacked with an AK?..

Norton always blame Microsoft, btw.. it's how things work..

 

[tbng]

Nah! You can actually do damage hitting someone with an AK - I presume; I've
never done it myself. On the other hand, even Lizzie Borden couldn't figure
out how to pull the trigger on a good ol' country wood chopper. Please tell
Mr. Gates that before he lets loose any overpriced Longhorns with all the
bugs we know will be there that he get all the other systems working and
secured first. You're going to turn around one day and find Linux ruling the
world. Somebody did something wrong in Office 2003, and it should be
corrected - and not by charging me for yet another Office system.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Linux will never rule the world..

 

[Evadne Cake]

Nah! You can actually do damage hitting someone with an AK - I presume; I've

never done it myself. On the other hand, even Lizzie Borden couldn't figure
out how to pull the trigger on a good ol' country wood chopper. Please tell
Mr. Gates that before he lets loose any overpriced Longhorns with all the
bugs we know will be there that he get all the other systems working and
secured first. You're going to turn around one day and find Linux ruling the

world. Somebody did something wrong in Office 2003, and it should be
corrected - and not by charging me for yet another Office system.

When he does release 'em, rest assured Mr. Jobs will have some *VERY* hungry
Leopards straining to be released from their cages... ;o) <eg>