Publisher 2003 extremely sluggish

[Margaret]

I use Publisher 2003 at work (in a school - Networked computers) and at
home (Pentium 4) and lately it has become incredibly slow. All my other
programs are working fine both at work and home. Publisher is now taking at
least 3-5 minutes to respond to a simple task i.e. clicking on a piece of
Wordart. I publish the school newsletter each week and as this can have up
to 12 pages (reduced to booklet size via printer) it is driving me crazy!
Our IT Techs don't know why this is occurring. Can anyone PLEASE suggest
possible reasons for this and recommend what to do?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Video driver?
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs
Read the third FAQ in the above article.

 

[Margaret]

I changed the display settings but with no noticeable difference in my
Publisher file. Thanks for suggesting the website - I will check this out
more - it looks good

 

[Mary Sauer]

See if this is relevant
The program stops responding when you try to open or to save a file in an Office
2002 program and in an Office 2003 program
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313937/en-us

Was the file a Publisher 2000 originally?
Large Publisher 2000 publication opens slowly in Publisher 2002 or 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289010/en-us

 

[Ed Bennett]

I use Publisher 2003 at work (in a school - Networked computers) and at
home (Pentium 4) and lately it has become incredibly slow. All my other
programs are working fine both at work and home.

Does this occur on both computers? Does this occur with all documents
you open or create?

 

[Margaret]

I have been doing the newsletter now for 3 years and have basically kept the
same format and just updated the info each week. Can't remember what we were
running at school when I started. I will open a new document in Pub 2003 and
transfer the info over and see if that helps. I updated my Video Card Driver
last night and I think that has made some difference. thanks for the help

 

[Margaret]

It has been occuring on both computers, my home one only very recently,
however only when using Publisher. I borrowed a laptop from work and
Publisher 2003 on that was not as slow.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Different hardware, different programs running in the background, etc can
affect that.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[Mary Sauer]

Empty your temp cache, in Internet Explorer, tools, Internet options, delete
files.
Delete unnecessary temporary files,
Click Start, click Run, type %temp%, and then click OK.
Delete the contents of this folder. If any of the items are important and should
not be deleted, move the items to another folder. I'd advise keeping all Office
setup files.

In you document, open the Graphics Manager, expand "show" to missing/modified
pictures, are there images still listed that are no longer part of your
newsletter?

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

http://officebeta.iponet.net/en-us/publisher/FX100649111033.aspx

Different hardware, different programs running in the background, etc can
affect that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

It has been occuring on both computers, my home one only very recently,
however only when using Publisher. I borrowed a laptop from work and
Publisher 2003 on that was not as slow.

 

[Ed Bennett]

I have been doing the newsletter now for 3 years and have basically kept the
same format and just updated the info each week.

That's probably the problem. It's a recipe for disaster.

Can't remember what we were
running at school when I started. I will open a new document in Pub 2003 and
transfer the info over and see if that helps.

It probably will. Copy and paste and delete all the information that
changes, to create a blank template. Then save that as a Publisher
Template, and create new newsletters based on that, rather than on the
previous edition.