MS Word running very slow

[Adam]

When i open ms word it takes a very long time before i am able to use it. it
acts like it temporarily locks up. the screen goes white for a while and then
back to word again. eventually i am able to use it and it works fine until i
switch to another window (any application, it doesnt matter). when i switch
back to word, it takes a very long time till i'm able to use it. i can see my
document that i'm working on but the hour glass is there and everything is
frozen for about 5 seconds. it does this everytime i switch windows. i have
ms word 2002.

any suggestions?

i'm running windows xp. sp2. 1.6Ghz. 512Mb RAM. ms word 2002.
i've tried reinstalling word and doesnt work. i dont have any other computer
or software problems.

thanks for your help in advance!

Adam

 

[Adam]

Ok. i just found that someone else was having this problem. i unchecked the
"Enable Office Plugin" box and that did nothing. i noticed that person got it
to work by deleting the Microsoft Works add-in. i think my version of word
came with MS Works 2002. i wanted to try this to fix my problem but i
couldn't find instructions on how to delete the MS Works add-in.

does anyone know how to do this?

thanks,
adam

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Hi, Adam. Click on Start | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Microsoft
Works Suite Add-In for Word | Remove.

 

[Adam]

That worked! thank you so much!

Hi, Adam. Click on Start | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Microsoft
Works Suite Add-In for Word | Remove.

 

[Michael]

When i open ms word it takes a very long time before i am able to use it. it
acts like it temporarily locks up. the screen goes white for a while and then
back to word again. eventually i am able to use it and it works fine until i
switch to another window (any application, it doesnt matter). when i switch
back to word, it takes a very long time till i'm able to use it. i can see my
document that i'm working on but the hour glass is there and everything is
frozen for about 5 seconds. it does this everytime i switch windows. i have
ms word 2002.

any suggestions?

i'm running windows xp. sp2. 1.6Ghz. 512Mb RAM. ms word 2002.
i've tried reinstalling word and doesnt work. i dont have any other computer
or software problems.

thanks for your help in advance!

Adam