OK, let me say it very plainly...
This problem is NOT in any of the computer code that Microsoft created.
Microsoft cannot change programs sold by other companies
So: Microsoft is NOT GOING to do anything. No matter how much you shout.
Let me put that another way: Let's say my lawn needs mowing. Can I blame
you for that? It would be nice if I could... I think you might tell me to
cut the damn grass! You would, right?
So: If you have applications on your computer that are not recognising file
types correctly, or are mishandling those file types, you need to contact
the software makers that made those applications. Shouting in here won't
have any effect at all: Microsoft won't read it, and we have nothing to do
with your computer.
I can tell you that Office 2008 is faster than Office 2004 on THIS MacBook.
Nearly twice as fast.
However: It is a little slower to start. One of the ways they speeded it
up was to do more work "before" the document is opened, so the computer has
less work to do while you are working on the document. That means
application startup will be slower, particularly the first start after a
reboot.
After that, it should be twice as fast as Office 2004, and it should get
faster the larger the document. With a document larger than 500 pages, the
difference is very noticeable.
If this is not your experience, we need you to post back with full details
of your software and hardware versions, and we can maybe help you speed
things up.
One of the first things we will say is that OS 10.5.3 is quite a bit more
power- and memory-hungry than OS 10.4. On a MacPro, you won't notice. But
on a laptop, yes, you will feel the slowdown. Particularly if you are
running less than 2 GB of RAM. Then it will be noticeably sluggish.
In which case you need to start making some value choices about speed versus
beauty. Turn off some of the pretties and things will go faster. Disable
some of the convenience features and things will speed up. Roll back to OS
10.4 and your speed will nearly double.
Hope this helps
Still no fix? This is ridiculous.
Pay hundreds of dollars for a software update, and it causes a glaring bug
like this. And going on six months now since this thread was started and still
no fix.
I don't know why anyone would not blame Microsoft for this one. This started
happening with Office 08. It didn't happen in '04.
Also, can someone please tell me how Office 08 manages to be even slower than
Office 04 was on my MacBook despite being a Universal Binary?
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