Hi Ted, This is not at all normal, and indicates something wrong with your setup.
How much memory is on the pc? I'd guess you're running out of memory, and it's swapping more and more to disk. If you have less than 1gb, this really seems likely. Also, have you emptied the temporary files folder lately? I think you can do it from the properties of the drive, listed in the "my computer"; in there should be a "tools" tab with a button for cleaning up the disk. It's hard to remember windows 2000 to be sure. otherwise, you could go to the directory %temp% (yes, type those six characters in as the directory name), and then delete anything you find there. Set your word view to normal instead of print; this keeps it from having to try and duplicate on the screen an exact picture of how the printout will look. hth, Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission [email protected] (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Larson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Word 2003 Gets Slower and Slower > > > Dear List: > At work, I have Word 2003 on Windows 2000 and am using > Window-Eyes 7.01. When I am in a Word document, as I move > around or type in data, the response time for speech, > entering data and arrowing around progressively gets slower > and slower. The only way I know how to make it work faster > is to do a save with control-S, close the document and then > get back into it. Also, when I close it with the alt-F4, it > may take five to ten minutes to close. The machine is > completely locked up for that time. Is Word keeping track of > everything that I have done and for that reason slows down to > a crawl? If so, can I disable that function? Thanks. > Regards: Ted Larson > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original > sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and > your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending > your message to [email protected] so the entire list will > receive it. > > All GW-Info messages are archived at > http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through > and sorted using the search > form at the bottom of the page. > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body > of the message. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
