Typing lags in Word!

[Dave K.]

Hey gang-

I've noticed that Word lags badly when typing. I'm not even an
especially fast typist, but I easily out-type Word. This is maddeningly
hard to follow and leads to lots of errors.

I have an 800mhz G4 iMac/512mb with Office v.X and the Office 10.1.2
update. I'm running OS 10.2.6. I notice no such problem in AppleWorks,
BBEdit, etc. What can be done to fix this? Thanks!

Dave

 

[J.E. McGimpsey]

Hey gang-

I've noticed that Word lags badly when typing. I'm not even an
especially fast typist, but I easily out-type Word. This is maddeningly
hard to follow and leads to lots of errors.

I have an 800mhz G4 iMac/512mb with Office v.X and the Office 10.1.2
update. I'm running OS 10.2.6. I notice no such problem in AppleWorks,
BBEdit, etc. What can be done to fix this? Thanks!

A search of the archives:

http://google.com/advanced_group_search?q=group:*mac.office*

found this thread which may have some suggestions - you don't say
how bad the lag is, but "lags badly" is unusual for a machine with
the horsepower of yours:

http://google.com/groups?threadm=BA30E0DC.4428%steve_obenski@hotmail.
com

You can also find some general troubleshooting tips here:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/WordXTroubleshooting.htm