Hi Judi, Word 2004 launches the first time in 8 seconds on my first-gen intelliMac with 2GB RAM. The second time in 3 seconds. (Click-to- document open--of course, this is just a blank test page it's opening, and I don't have more than a few "extra" fonts installed). What kind of times are you getting? Michael On Aug 3, 2007, at 8:16 PM, Judi Sohn wrote: > I don't have a problem with Word 2004, except it *is* painfully > slow on an Intel Mac when launching. I've kept trying the > alternatives (OpenOffice, NeoOffice, etc.) and after a while I > always come back to Word. I have to work with others too much.