My Word document takes forever to open?

Question

I have Microsoft Office 2003 and when i go to open my word document it takes long to open and sometimes will freeze. My document is a letter and not big at all with no photos. I ran a repair with my cd - uninstalled office/ reinstalled it. I try to rename the Normal.dot file and I still have the problem. I dont' have this problem with excel or powerpoint.

Yes i've done that too - ran a spyware scan as well as virus scan.

Hi guys - My files don't have macros - when i went to security it was already on high. thanks though it was a good suggestion.

Answer 1

Is there a macro hidden in it somewhere, that is running every time you open it? This is _a_ possible solution...

Rawlyn.

Answer 2

I agree with Rawlyn. If you can finally get the document to open, copy the document and paste it into notepad to get rid of macros. You can paste the plain text back into a new document and save it.

You can also disable the macros,
http://www.thuto.org/ubh/ub/compu/hcsmsw1.htm#macros

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

reinstall the Microsoft word. and make constructive that's genuine and so on. have you ever tried downloading and dealing CCleaner, Malwarebytes and Spybot ? they're solid classes i take advantage of to do away with undesirable c#$% :) perhaps particularly attempt get CCleaner and then something, as ccleaner will get rid of your rubbish information acquire while making use of the internet and could restoration registry blunders which could be last your application.

Answer 4

Sounds like you may have some spyware or a virus. Run adaware and some antivirus software to find it.

Answer 5

Is it this one document only? Try the suggestions in the articles:

http://www.officearticles.com/word/avoid_document_corruption_and_bloating_in_microsoft_word.htm
http://www.officearticles.com/word/recover_a_corrupt_microsoft_word_document.htm

Answer 6

Your "question" is NOT a question!