Is Microsoft Excel 2007 ungodly slow for anyone else?

Question

I have a Dell Inspiron E1700 2.0 GHz Intel Dual Core processor with 1 GB of ram and a 7200 rpm hard drive and I just installed Office 2007 on it. All the programs seem to run a little slow, but Excel is ridiculous! I can barely get anything done. If I try to make the contents of a cell bold, I have to wait about 30 seconds from the time that I hit the bold key to the time that it actually turns bold. Same with underlining, inserting rows/columns, copying, pasting. I reinstalled it once already to see if that fixed it, but it didn't. Is anyone else having this problem or does anyone know how to speed it up?

I am running XP Professional

Answer 1

oh yes this happends alot to me and not just excel but some problems are how old the computer and office suit are and how many other windows and backroud programs are running also if your running win-xp or vista try to see if lowering the looks of everything in start-control panel-display gives you more speed and if you look at task manager
(ctrl+alt+del) look at the

Answer 2

Excel 2007 runs at least as fast as Excel 2003 on my PC. In fact, it calculates more quickly because it uses both cores of my CPU, which Excel 2003 does not. Other Office 2007 programs are just as speedy.

You didn't say if you are using Vista or Windows XP. If Vista, then you should definitely add another GB of RAM. It wouldn't hurt on XP either. I'm not sure that is the cause of your troubles, but it may be. I've got a laptop with a much older (and single core) processor running XP and Office 2007. The difference is that I have 2 GB of RAM.

Answer 3

I'm running an HP laptop with Excel 2007 running on Windows Vista and mine runs perfectly fine. It sounds like you have enough computer power to run the program well, what I'm wondering is if you have a ton of other programs running in the background that you don't know about. You probably need to eliminate some programs off of your start up menu.

How long have you had your PC? The longer you've had it the more likely other programs running unaware in the background is the cause. You might also want to get a spyware detection program. Spyware programs add up with each one and slow down your computer.

Next time you get a new computer, write down the programs on the start menu. Then go back later and compare your current list with what was originally on there and eliminate pretty much everything off the list that wasn't on the original list.

Answer 4

i think of i've got have been given it... in view which you prefer to freeze the 1st row spotlight the entire row under it (row 2) then pass to homestead windows and choose Freeze Panes and additionally you need to be waiting :)