Hi Rick,
If you're running Norton/Symantec Antivirus open the control panel for that product and in the miscellaneous category remove the
Office Plug In. MS Office apps provide hooks to Antivirus software vendors to use to tie into the products. The Office Plugin is
one product that uses those hooks and it's usually relatively slow in getting done.
=======
It is my understanding that the newer versions of Office software has a built
in virus scanning feature in the Office product. I used to have Office 97
loaded, and I didn't have to go through a "virus scanning " routine when I
started Word or Excel. I'm wondering if I can disable or deactive the Office
2003 built in virus scanning feature.
--
SB Rick >>
--
I hope this helped you,
Bob Buckland ?

MS Office system products MVP
LINKS to the 2007 Office System
1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx#booksfrommspress
2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview
3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/
4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007
a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net