Long load time for documents

[Dave Cunningham]

Can anyone tell me how to speed up the load times of documents in Word? It
seems to ages sometimes and the same to close them down and exit Word.

Running Windows XP SP2 Athlon processor with 384 Mb ram.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Can anyone tell me how to speed up the load times of documents in Word? It
seems to ages sometimes and the same to close them down and exit Word.

Running Windows XP SP2 Athlon processor with 384 Mb ram.

Since this is a Macintosh Word group, you may have better luck with a
group like microsoft.public.word.application.errors.

However, if you post there, you need to give far more information. Where
are the documents located (locally? on a network?) Is it all documents,
or just some? Do the documents/document templates have macros? etc.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Dave:

More memory would help enormously!! Word likes a minimum of 512 MB to sling
substantial documents around in Windows XP.

And have a look at your hard disk: if it's over 80 per cent full, it will
slow down badly. Windows Defrag is useful, but not sufficient: get a copy
of Diskkeeper (the paid-for version).

Basically, though, Word is never going to load or save quickly on a full
disk. Word makes literally hundreds of Disk read-writes to save or load a
file: if the disk is running slowly, you will really feel it.

I would also de-corrupt the document and resolve all the tracked changes.

Cheers

Can anyone tell me how to speed up the load times of documents in Word? It
seems to ages sometimes and the same to close them down and exit Word.

Running Windows XP SP2 Athlon processor with 384 Mb ram.

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[little_creature]

Hello Dave,
which Word do you run? There is a function on office 2003 called
detect and repair. I do nut like it much, but in some circumstances
might help. Basically go to help menu in any office application and do
detect and repair. I strongly suggest to backup your setting. Such as
personal.xls for Excel, Normal and other dot files for Word. pps file
for Outlook. All these files are hidden so you have to go to Control
panel>folder option>view Show hidden files and folders.
Then go to start>run and type there %appdata% hit enter and navigate
to Microsoft folder >excel and Microsoft>templates.

Then clean up your PC, I would recommend you to run some anti spy SW,
as I suspect that as well. Try such as adaware. For personal purposes
for free:http://lavasoft.de/products/ad_aware_free.php?
PHPSESSID=63fcb832255d477f21b49a4a7940f1a3

Let it run, It's very safe SW.

Then I would recommend you to clean up your temporary files folders.
start>run and type there %tmp% hit enter, select all files and delete
them. Trash your bin afterwards.

You might also consider to run defragmentation of your HDD. Cliclk on
this computer. Select your disk, click right mouse button and
select>properties>tools defragment now.

If nothing of above mentioned will not help, try to make a new account
on your PC and run word there, if this will solve the problem, then I
guess there is some problem in the registry (detect and repair
function *should* fix) then I will recommend to re-install the whole
office, but reinstall with deleting the registry entry about office in
before. For this you may call the MS tech support, they will lead you
through or come back here. I vcan help you, but give me some time -
I'm moving between countries

Another hint, deleting your normal.dot might help as well. Word uses
this file as scratch book, sometimes it is corrupted, if you delete
it, word will make another one when started next time. The only bad
thing is that you will loose all your macros and custom settings of
your toolbars when you delete it, from that reason, I would just hide/
move it to your desktop for examle so word cannot see it. It will make
a new file, if it will solve the problem, than I will help you to
transfer your setting from normal as much as possible. Else you can
put your old normal back, if that will not solve the problem and we
will know that the problem is not caused by normal. dot corruption. It
will help us to find the reason of your problem.