Word Office 2003 Slow to Appear

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W. Watson

What can be done to speed up the appearance of Word 2003 when I first start
it? It's easily the most sluggish start of any app that I have.
 
Are you using Norton Antivirus? If so -- that is probably your problem.

another thought.... have you defragged lately?
 
Kate said:
Are you using Norton Antivirus? If so -- that is probably your problem.

another thought.... have you defragged lately?
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I hope that there's another answer. I have no antivirus applications.
Word 2003 is, by far, the slowest application to load. Oh for the days
of Word 97.

Bernard
 
I just opened your post, and immediately started chuckling. It looks like
you hit the nail on the head. I happened to see the window shell opening,
and noticed NAV was virus scanning the doc file. Good grief! This was not a
doc from an e-mail. I fired up NAV, and it failed. I got a msg that I should
remove it and re-install it. I decided to just remove it. Word comes up
faster now, but it's still a little sluggish.

Yep, I attempted a defrag about 5 weeks ago, and was told I didn't need it
by the s/w. I had done it maybe 4 months ago.

I'm headed for the next posts, and will undoubtedly be back.
 
I can sympathize with that view. Despite my recent problem, it's not the
speediest opening app by far. I'm using XP Pro, BTW.
 
As well as NAV - specifically the Office Plug-in option - being a problem,
you must also install a local printer driver for Word to see even when you
are not connected to a network or printer.
 
Are you saying that if Word knows there's a printer available that it might
slow down the loading of Word?
 
Completely the opposite: Word needs to see a printer driver. If the printer
isn't local, then Word may be slowed down as it tries looking for a Network
printer (For example, over a VPN link, this could be very slow). If it
cannot find either a networked printer or a locally installed printer
driver, it may fail to start completely.

Terry
 
I think I'm safe. My printer is plugged directly into the PC via a parallel
port, and is always on.

Terry said:
Completely the opposite: Word needs to see a printer driver. If the
printer isn't local, then Word may be slowed down as it tries looking
for a Network printer (For example, over a VPN link, this could be very
slow). If it cannot find either a networked printer or a locally
installed printer driver, it may fail to start completely.

Terry
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Actually, Word doesn't need to see the printer itself, just the driver. The
printer need not be on; in fact, there need not be a printer physically
connected to the computer. But Word needs to see a driver. This means that,
even if you're printing to a network printer, you need to install the driver
locally.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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W. Watson said:
I think I'm safe. My printer is plugged directly into the PC via a parallel
port, and is always on.
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