Word 2003 performance

[Richard]

I am using MS Word 2003 on a new system and I find that when I use Word it is
constantly pausing every 20 seconds or so (with the hourglass). You can
still type but the text will not come up until it finishes ( a couple
seconds). The problem is so bad that when you are typing an envelope, the
envelope window will actually blank out for a couple seconds. Very annoying.
Memory shouldn't be an issue, I have 504mb of RAM. Can anyone help?

 

[Richard]

This does not solve the problem. Thanks.

This problem does not seem to affect other office programs.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are running Norton AntiVirus, disable its Office Plug-in. If that is
not the problem, try disabling "Check spelling as you type" (Tools | Options
| Spellling & Grammar).

 

[Richard]

Thanks for the help,
I have tried disabling virus checkers, and disabling check spelling as I type.
The problem still exsists. I am quite perplexed. This is not a slow
machine,
it has a 3Ghz processor, and yet I keep getting a wait (hourglass) for a
couple
seconds every 15-20 seconds. The label/envelope wizard is the worst, as the
whole field goes blank for a couple seconds. I have tried disabling all
sorts of startup services with no effect.