[Ti] Crashing MS word

[Macintosh info]

Some things I've noticed that can help Word go faster or crash less:

1) Acrobat 6 Professional places a .dot file in Word's startup items folder
that yields a PDF creation toolbar in Word after it starts up.  It causes
Word to load slower than molasses in January.  Delete this .dot file and
don't let Acrobat restore it.

2) If you have a lot of fonts, turn 'em off to see the difference in how
fast Word launches.

3) Make sure you've got the latest Office X patch applied (10.1.5 I
believe).  I noticed better speed in Panther of all the Office components.

4) Turn off spell and grammar checking.

5) Don't paste RTF or HTML text copied to Word's clipboard - I have seen it
choke on such a simple thing (paste in a plain text handler's window then
recopy and paste in Word).

6) as stated, kill the prefs from time to time.  I don't know if Word has a
prefs file on OSX like the "PPC Registration Database" pref that it had
under OS9, but if it does, kill that too.

7) The best way, of course, is to never launch Word.  Sigh.

Bill


On 2/12/04 14:36, "T Molnar" <tam at em.ca> wrote:

> Ya I trashed the files and it seems to be good.
> thanks for the advice
> tim
> On Feb 12, 2004, at 4:19 AM, David wrote:
> 
>>> 
>> Killing word's prefs is a good idea. They are in your
>> library->preferences->microsoft. I've found that many of Word's
>> problems can
>> be traced back to fonts. You might want to check the health of your
>> fonts.
>> Also, once you get Word running you might want to turn off the gallery
>> at
>> open.
>> 
>> david
>> 
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