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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / April 2007Sluggish Behavior of Version 11.3
I am running OSX 10.4.9 Office 2004 G4 Quicksilver (896 MB RAM) Word 11.3 (070131) behaves very erratically. There is often considrable lag between a mouse action - clicking, scrolling, moving a window - and the response of Word. You get the experience of of a slow-witted person who responds to commands but a significant time delay. What is the cause and remedy for this? Hi Russ - Is this true even if you log out/in & restart Word? Or is it only after the program has been running for a while? Is this the case with all docs or just certain ones? Is this a new development? If so can you think of anything that may have changed on your system at about the same time? Do you have any add-ins or other processes that run in the background? What percentage of your HD is full - how much free space? Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/22/07 6:46 PM, in article C25133D6.58C5%russ@mind-dancer.com, "Russ Bankson" <russ@mind-dancer.com> wrote: > I am running OSX 10.4.9 Office 2004 G4 Quicksilver (896 MB RAM) > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What is the cause and remedy for this? I too have sluggish behavior in Word. I run Office for Mac 2004, 11.3 on a PowerPC G5, OSX, version 10.4.9. I have plenty of memory, ram etc. This appears to have started with either one of the system upgrades or Microsoft upgrades. It is very time consuming and does not seem to matter what else is running (even if Word is the only program running) or how soon after a re-start. I'm not sure what you mean by "memory, ram etc." as memory & RAM are the same thing. Also, "plenty" isn't a measurement system value I'm familiar with:) Less than 1 GB may hinder speed & more may be recommendable depending on the nature of your files & their content. However, based on what you describe the first thought is to make sure Office is fully updated - current version is 11.3.4. Also, download & apply the OS X 10.4.9 COMBO updater from the Apple site (not the one Software Update delivers), then run Disk Utility - Repair Disk Permissions. See if performance improves.  SignatureHTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac > I too have sluggish behavior in Word. I run Office for Mac 2004, 11.3 on > a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > running (even if Word is the only program running) or how soon after a > re-start. Well I did as advised. I had already used Software Update to upgrade to 10.4.9 but I used the Combo file to do so again and then I performed assorted maintenance routines including permissions repair using Onyx. Word is now behaving much more crisply. I sure there was't so much voodoo associated with computer diagnosis! Thanks for assistance > I'm not sure what you mean by "memory, ram etc." as memory & RAM are the > same thing. Also, "plenty" isn't a measurement system value I'm familiar [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > delivers), then run Disk Utility - Repair Disk Permissions. See if > performance improves. Hi Russ - Glad things are back to normal, but it really isn't so much a matter of voodoo as it is a matter of "preventive maintenance" - like getting the oil changed and making sure the drain plug is put back where it belongs:) Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/28/07 6:23 PM, in article C259175D.5AE9%russ@mind-dancer.com, "Russ Bankson" <russ@mind-dancer.com> wrote: > Well I did as advised. I had already used Software Update to upgrade to > 10.4.9 but I used the Combo file to do so again and then I performed [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> delivers), then run Disk Utility - Repair Disk Permissions. See if >> performance improves. > I am running OSX 10.4.9 Office 2004 G4 Quicksilver (896 MB RAM) > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What is the cause and remedy for this? What system are you running it on? What other programs and prcesses are running in the background? It sounds like your PC may not be fast enough to run Word efficiently. -- Rob You're right. He's on a Mac... {Grin} Guessing is not a really successful strategy in here :-) SignaturePlease reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/ John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:john@mcghie.name >> I am running OSX 10.4.9 Office 2004 G4 Quicksilver (896 MB RAM) >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- > Rob |
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