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by christy_3303

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I have several templates (which bring up forms) on my PC. Word 2002 opens them very slowly. I have tried several things, deleting normal.dot, reinstalling Office XP and others. When I make a change to a specific autotext, it seems to help with opening the templates regularly, but when I close out of word and get back in the same problems occur. I have also tried reinstalling the templates. Any .dot file opens slowly. Any suggestions. I have all updates, and am running Win XP and Office XP.

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by christy_3303

I did try this and it did not help, but thanks anyway. Any other suggestions I am willing to listen.

by sgt_shultz

2 cents: can you make a new template, just plain jane one, no macros. see it that opens slowly? maybe some macros are busy at startup??

by bcbvale

Try checking under tools/templates and addins to verify that there are no documents being referenced that do not exist. I've seen where this will lock up word when a document is opened as it tries to find the document and fails.

by classfreddy

Use the profile wizard for Protecting Against Macro Viruses.

Setting Security Levels in Office Applications
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint can be set to a high, medium, or low security level.

High security Macros must be signed by a trusted source. Otherwise, macros in documents are automatically disabled without notice when the documents are opened. Word is set to the high security level by default.

Go to:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/off2krk/html/45t3.asp

The Profile Wizard is a new tool that started with Microsoft Office 2000 that helps you deploy Office 2000 with specific Office user profile information.

Overview of the Profile Wizard

How to Distribute a Standard Office User Profile During Deployment

How to Distribute Unique Office User Profiles During Deployment

How to Distribute a Standard Office User Profile in a Staged Deployment

Using the Profile Wizard with the Office Custom Installation Wizard

How to Run the Profile Wizard from the Command Line

Customizing the Profile Wizard

Using Default Paths in Office Profiles

Regards

Fred

by christy_3303

I can also delete the Word Key or Data Key from my registry and this helps until I get out of word. When I go back into word, I have the same problems.

by carquiza

The only remedy to this problem is buy faster CPU and add more memory RAM on your computer.

Just upgrade your computer.

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