Very slow Publisher 2007

[Adjuster]

My Publisher 2007 has sudeenly become very slow and keeps coming up 'Not
reponding'.

I have scanned my system for any virus etc but it shows clear. In addition,
all other software including Word 2007, Excel etc all work fine. My emails
and browser also work at normal speed.

Should I uninstall the full suite and then re-install. The Office 2007 suite
was per-loaded by Dell in December 2007.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Go to the manufacturer's web site of your graphics/video card and look around
for an updated driver.

 

[Adjuster]

Thank you for the courtesy of responding to my enquiry and apologise for
mistakenly referring to 2007 instead of 2003.

I have done as you suggested but this has not produced any improvement.

I have checked on the document that I am working upon and last year using
the same computer I produced a Newsletter of 40 pages that was 46MB in size.
Now I have used the same system and layout and the number of MB up to page
18 is 242MB with no change in the type of content.

Are you able to advise a course of action?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Run the Design Checker. (Tools menu)
Have you added any objects to the the Design Gallery? (Insert menu)

How to troubleshoot a damaged publication in Publisher
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;198256

 

[Adjuster]

Again, many thanks for your response. I have tried various methods without
success. However, I have discovered that when I add a page to an existing
file in Publisher, a ghost text box appears outside the page and is only
dicoverable by placing the cursor over the 'invisible' text box. I have a
suspicion that something is adding data and thus hugely increasing the size
of my files. Any suggestions would be welcomed.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Have you run a virus check lately?
Are there objects on the Master Page?

I know of nothing that will add data to a Publisher file arbitrarily. Do you
have an add-in? Look at Tools, Add-ins. If there are add-ins, disable them.
Acrobat can be troublesome in Publisher 2003.

If the publication started out as a 2000 document, it could be larger than
expected.