Hot to get rid of automatic word count?

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Worker001

When opening or Ctrl+Tabbing to my document in Word 2003, a task bar at the
bottom automatically starts performing a word count, the doc is big and so
the count takes a few seconds and it's frustrating, I can't find any options
in help or task bars that even advise of this auto word count function? How
can I get rid of it?
 
This is the Status Bar, found under Tools, Options, View.
This should be remembered when you close Word and PC.
Hope this helps.
DeanH
 
No it's not the status bar - it is something which appears within the status
bar as a function and then when the word count is complete the status bar
returns to display the usual page number section total pages etc.

Removing the status bar simply removes the bar at the bottom of the screen
but the word count is still performed.....any other suggestions?
 
When I remove the Status Bar, I don't get any count and am able to work with
the document instantaneously (not that I cannot do anyway with the Status Bar
in place).
Is the count actually stopping you from working within the document when you
open it for those few seconds? As I don't see the count when I turn off the
Status Bar, what do you actually see when this is turned off? What view are
you in? Do you open the Word files from Explorer or File Open? Do you have
Document Map open?
Sorry for the quiz, but I cannot replicate the count when Status Bar is
turned off.
DeanH
 
As it is such a "large" document, maybe it is not the count that is holding
up your work, maybe it is something else that runs upon Open, such as
"Update automatic links at Open" on Tools, Options, General?
Does this help?
DeanH
 
it egg times when I open or tab to the window and in the status bar a
progress bar displays with the text: word is calculating the word count. So I
can't work till it's complete....

I've just re-opened from explorer and it's no longer happening?!
 
What about opening from File Open Dialog?

Worker001 said:
it egg times when I open or tab to the window and in the status bar a
progress bar displays with the text: word is calculating the word count. So I
can't work till it's complete....

I've just re-opened from explorer and it's no longer happening?!
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