cursor constantlychanges to hourglass in word

[Hank]

i recently started experiencing very slow performance in
word 2000. The cursor changes to the hourglass about
every 20 seconds. It takes about 3 seconds to return to
the cursor. while it is in the hourglass I can't type
anything. I have turned off fast saves and have
backup documents only every 20 minutes. nothing seems to
help. Exel works fine. any suggestions?

 

[RWN]

Do you happen to have a Brother printer?

See
http://www.lc.yi.org/scribble/scribble_show.php3?sid=30

I've seen similar posts in the past that were related to different
printers (don't ask me why!).

Try Googling on Word Hourglass and you'll get hits.

HTH