Word 2003 opens some docs slowly

[Bruce Ronk]

We have documents that we open, change a few things, and resave, year
after year. We recently upgraded our workstations (to WinXP, Word 2003,
3Ghz), and now many of these documents are opening VERY slowly. For
example, a 2 page letter takes over 4 minutes. During this time, Task
Manager will say that Word is Not Responding. Once loaded, I can Save
As to a new Word document and it is no better. Saved to a .rtf file, it
still takes one minute. Saved to a Word97 .rtf file or a .txt file, it
opens in less than a second.
On our previous computers (Win2000, Word 2000) these documents took 25
seconds to open - annoying, but tolerable. My home computer (WinXP,
Word 2002) opens them in 22 seconds. It doesn't matter if they are on
the network or local drive. Some of these documents may have been
started in Word 97 or earlier, some I think are newer, but may have
started from a template of the earlier vintage. Any idea what is going
on, and how to fix them in less that 5 minutes each?

 

[TF]

Possibly the documents are looking for a template that has moved or no
longer exists. Try using the Word2003 Open and Repair option and see if that
resolves or points top the problem.



: We have documents that we open, change a few things, and resave, year
: after year. We recently upgraded our workstations (to WinXP, Word 2003,
: 3Ghz), and now many of these documents are opening VERY slowly. For
: example, a 2 page letter takes over 4 minutes. During this time, Task
: Manager will say that Word is Not Responding. Once loaded, I can Save
: As to a new Word document and it is no better. Saved to a .rtf file, it
: still takes one minute. Saved to a Word97 .rtf file or a .txt file, it
: opens in less than a second.
: On our previous computers (Win2000, Word 2000) these documents took 25
: seconds to open - annoying, but tolerable. My home computer (WinXP,
: Word 2002) opens them in 22 seconds. It doesn't matter if they are on
: the network or local drive. Some of these documents may have been
: started in Word 97 or earlier, some I think are newer, but may have
: started from a template of the earlier vintage. Any idea what is going
: on, and how to fix them in less that 5 minutes each?

 

[Bruce Ronk]

Open and Repair didn't work any differently. It still took 4:42 to open
the document, and when saved to a different name, it also took just as
long to open. No messages about what it was waiting for.

Bruce

 

[TF]

Well, it would seem the document must be corrupt somewhere. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/CorruptDoc.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/macwordnew/documentcorruptioncontent.htm for more
information.

Terry


: Open and Repair didn't work any differently. It still took 4:42 to open
: the document, and when saved to a different name, it also took just as
: long to open. No messages about what it was waiting for.
:
: Bruce
:
: > TF wrote:
: > Possibly the documents are looking for a template that has moved or no
: > longer exists. Try using the Word2003 Open and Repair option and see if
that
: > resolves or points top the problem.
: >