Word 97, Program Opening

My Word 97 program now takes approx. 2 minutes to open and
approximately another 2 minutes to open a file document.
Originally it took just a few seconds. Once opened
everyting appears to be normal with the exception of
opening any saved file document.

Bruce
Sat Jul 05 14:27:49 CDT 2003

Denise, appreciate your response. I keep a normal.dot
template on a CD just for the reason you mentioned and
have changed out the template several times. I also, went
to Microsoft Outlook, tool section, and did the
recommended procedures as prescribed in another help area.
Everything is still very slow. Thanks again for your
resposne.


>-----Original Message-----
>Your normal template might be corrupt - happens all the
>time.
>
>First, copy the normal template (normal.dot) to another
>folder. Then delete the original. Start up Word - it
>will re-create a fresh normal.dot. If it starts up
>normally instead of the delay, you know it's the normal
>template.
>
>If you had any macros, toolbars, styles, keyboard
>shortcuts, autotext saved to your normal template, you
can
>bring them back into the new normal template with the
>organizer (tools, macros, organizer).
>
>If you did have several of the above items, it's always a
>good idea to save them to a separate template that you
can
>load from the Word startup folder. That way, when you
>need to delete and re-create a normal template, your hard
>work won't be affected.
>
>Good luck.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>My Word 97 program now takes approx. 2 minutes to open
>and
>>approximately another 2 minutes to open a file
document.
>>Originally it took just a few seconds. Once opened
>>everyting appears to be normal with the exception of
>>opening any saved file document.
>>.
>>
>.
>

Bruce
Sat Jul 05 18:56:53 CDT 2003

Denise,
Thank you, It worked.

>-----Original Message-----
>Did you actually force Word to create its own new normal
>template or just replace it with your copy on the CD?
>
>Also, did you delete all instances of normal.dot,
>including any "tilde" files (i.e., ~normal.dot). I've
had
>to actually use the Windows explorer search feature to
>find all of the imbeded normal.dots before. If you
>haven't, please try to force Word to create a new
template.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Denise, appreciate your response. I keep a normal.dot
>>template on a CD just for the reason you mentioned and
>>have changed out the template several times. I also,
>went
>>to Microsoft Outlook, tool section, and did the
>>recommended procedures as prescribed in another help
>area.
>>Everything is still very slow. Thanks again for your
>>resposne.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Your normal template might be corrupt - happens all the
>>>time.
>>>
>>>First, copy the normal template (normal.dot) to another
>>>folder. Then delete the original. Start up Word - it
>>>will re-create a fresh normal.dot. If it starts up
>>>normally instead of the delay, you know it's the normal
>>>template.
>>>
>>>If you had any macros, toolbars, styles, keyboard
>>>shortcuts, autotext saved to your normal template, you
>>can
>>>bring them back into the new normal template with the
>>>organizer (tools, macros, organizer).
>>>
>>>If you did have several of the above items, it's always
>a
>>>good idea to save them to a separate template that you
>>can
>>>load from the Word startup folder. That way, when you
>>>need to delete and re-create a normal template, your
>hard
>>>work won't be affected.
>>>
>>>Good luck.
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>My Word 97 program now takes approx. 2 minutes to open
>>>and
>>>>approximately another 2 minutes to open a file
>>document.
>>>>Originally it took just a few seconds. Once opened
>>>>everyting appears to be normal with the exception of
>>>>opening any saved file document.
>>>>.
>>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>