Word takes a huge time to display MS-Equation objects. How to fix

[Pavel]

MS-Word takes a huge time to display MS- Equation objects. If there are about
20 objects on a page, it takes nearly half a minute.

I tried to open the same document on another computer, with a weaker
processor, smaller memory and the same Word and Windows settings.
Unexpectedly, Word showed the Equation objects very quickly there!

What can be the error? How do I fix it?
MS-Office version is 2000, under Windows2000. My PC has Celeron2400MHz and
512Mb.

Thank you.

 

[Bob Mathews]

MS-Word takes a huge time to display MS- Equation objects. If
there are about 20 objects on a page, it takes nearly half a
minute.

See our article at
http://www.dessci.com/en/support/tsn/tsn83.htm

--
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Director of Training
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[Pavel]

See our article at

http://www.dessci.com/en/support/tsn/tsn83.htm

Thank you very much for your reply. It was helpful. Below are some more
special questions and remarks.

1. Can I upgrade Office2000 to office 2002 or 2003 under Windows2000?
2. When Word displays Equations, it shows gray boxes first and then it
places the formulae on the boxes. However, some bordering parts of the gray
boxes survive after that. Is it possible to eliminate the gray boxes? I know
that they do not appear on some computers.
3. Unfortunately, the reference <a
href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q239/4/31.ASP">"optimizing Microsoft Word 2000"</a> does not work.

Thanks again,

Dr. Pavel Chebotarev,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

1. Because Bob works for Design Science, I doubt that he will answer this
question, but I can attest that both Office XP and Office 2003 will run on
Windows 2000.

2. You may be seeing field shading. On the View tab of Tools | Options, set
the display of field shading to Never or When selected.

3. Try http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239431

Thank you very much for your reply. It was helpful. Below are some more
special questions and remarks.

1. Can I upgrade Office2000 to office 2002 or 2003 under Windows2000?
2. When Word displays Equations, it shows gray boxes first and then it
places the formulae on the boxes. However, some bordering parts of the gray
boxes survive after that. Is it possible to eliminate the gray boxes? I know
that they do not appear on some computers.
3. Unfortunately, the reference <a

href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q239/4/31.ASP">"optim

 

[Bob Mathews]

Thank you very much for your reply. It was helpful. Below are some more
special questions and remarks.

1. Can I upgrade Office2000 to office 2002 or 2003 under Windows
2000?
2. When Word displays Equations, it shows gray boxes first and then
it places the formulae on the boxes. However, some bordering parts
of the gray boxes survive after that. Is it possible to eliminate the gray
boxes? I know that they do not appear on some computers.

Suzanne already answered these questions, so I have nothing to add, but I
would have given the same answer.

3. Unfortunately, the reference
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q239/4/31.ASP does not
work.

Thanks for reporting the problem. I'll see that it's changed to the URL
Suzanne gave in her reply.

--
Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com
Director of Training
http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news
FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5
Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates"
MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unfortunately, MS keeps coming up with different URL schemes for KB
articles. The article numbers themselves don't change, but it does become
harder to find them.

 

[Pavel]

Thank you very much. Your remark regarding the shadows was precise!

Concerning the reference you provided,
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239431 , it was re-directed to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=gp;[ln];kberror&style=error ,
which contained the "This knowledge base article is not accessible" message.

Best regards,

Pavel