Word 2013 slow typing

Please tell us what version of Word you were using, and give us instructions on exactly how to insert a "cell" so we can try to recreate it in the old and new versions.

Here are instructions for uploading an example file to MS Skydrive, and how to get the link to paste into your reply here

Posting Images / screen captures / using IE and Skydrive – File Share

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/how-do-i-post-a-screen-shot-on-this-forum/c86de820-c620-401c-a804-9f6337cd3053

(I suggest you use Skydrive so MS is paying for the space rather than some other free site)

·         Capture the image using a screen capture tool

·         Save to your HD. I know BMP works, I don’t know about other formats

·         Upload the image file to a file sharing site, like Skydrive: https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1326066082&rver=6.1.6206.0&wp=MBI_SSL_SHARED&wreply=https:%2F%2Fskydrive.live.com%2F&lc=4105&id=250206&mkt=en-CA&cbcxt=sky

·         In Skydrive click on the Public folder

·         Click on “Add Files” (at top of window)

·         Drag the file from Windows Explorer into the target box displayed by Skydrive

·         Click on the check box beside the file name

·         Click on “View Original” (on right side of window) to open the image in a new browser window/tab

·         In IE, we can right-click on the image and click on Copy

·         In Firefox,  use <CTL><A> (to select all), then <CTL><C>  (to copy it 

·         Click on the forum input box to make it active

·         <CTL><V> to paste the image into it

·         Give it a few seconds to upload the image

(HEY Site Owners: this process is insanely complex! LET US PASTE images directly into the input fields! Like we could before the app was “improved’ <heavy sarcasm> last year)

Posting using Metrofied Skydrive File Share

• If you have a predefined PUBLIC folder use it for sharing. That way you know which files are out there for others to see.  If not create a new folder.
• Beside the "Sort by:" drop down there are 3 icons: Details View, Thumbnail View and Details pane.  I prefer to work in the details view.
• On the top "menu" there is a "Create" button, select "folder" and name it.
• Click on the folder name to enter the folder
• On the top menu bar there is an "Upload" button. Find the file and click on it. It will take several seconds to upload the file.
• Single click on the checkmark box, or right click on the file name
• click on the share option
• you should see a new dialog with 3 options on the left side. Choose "Get a Link".
• In the right side of the pane you will have 3 options: "View Only", "View and Edit" and "Public".
• click on the button under the appropriate choice
• copy the generated link
• click on done to close the dialog
• Paste the link in here or where ever it is needed.

Using Dropbox to steal files and deliver malware

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/dropsmack-using-dropbox-to-steal-files-and-deliver-malware/9332

MS SkyDrive: Your ultimate starter's guide

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010516/microsoft-skydrive-your-ultimate-starters-guide.html#tk.nl_pwr

File Sharing / File Share / Skydrive

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps-help/share-office-documents-in-skydrive-HA101820121.aspx

It is simple enough. First thing to remember is never post anything on a file share (share being the key word!) site (public or private) that you wouldn't be willing to see posted on a public bill board.

Create a "sanitized" version of the file that does not contain any sensitive personal or corporate information

Pick a file share service:, Skydrive, Fyels, Ge.tt, Crate, to name a few) and sign up for a FREE account

Follow their instructions to upload the file and to mark is as public shared

Copy the link to the file

Paste it in the post back here.

This link has instructions specific to MS Skydrive: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65

NOTE: MS has added file structure validation to Skydrive. If your problem is file corruption, like the “missing XML end tag” problem, you can no longer upload the files to Skydrive. Use one of the other file sharing site.

**FYI:**MS has change the use term on Skydrive. Originally they offered 25 GB for free. They have decided to reduce that to 7 GB for new users.  Anyone who is already a member can "grandfather" to keep the 25 GB allowance.

You have to log in to your account. You'll see that your limit has been reduced to 7GB. Go to Manage Storage and click on the button to "Reserve" 25 GB.

Your limit is back up to 25 GB.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/australia/claim-25gb-from-microsoft-on-updated-skydrive/900?tag=nl.e019

http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/10-file-sharing-options-dropbox-google-drive-and-more-197709?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2012-07-31

/3 Dropbox Portable – Run Dropbox form a USB Drive - http://www.technibble.com/dropbox-portable-2/

http://www.freewaregenius.com/2012/05/02/a-comparison-of-free-cloud-storage-services/ - A comparison of FREE Cloud Storage Services

Here are some other file sharing sites for you to choose from:

Dear Help With and others,

Thanks for your offer to look at the document, and your suggestions. Let me know how to get you a copy, and I am happy to share the document. Not sure how to give you a link. If you have an email address I will send it to you. I have a cloud account with Microsoft, and a Google account, does that work. Not sure I ever shared a document without sending it as an attachment..

The issue crops up when I paste a photo into a "cell" in the new word format. My Word documents have been updated to the new formats over the years. I think the "cells" are now called tables. In the 2003 Office, I created lots of documents with cells in them, (1) use was to automatically re-size pictures that were pasted into a document, since none of the versions of Word have had a default picture size setting for when pasting photos into the document. That was a work around someone suggested years ago, and it has worked for years.

The new 2013 word has no "cells" (that I can find) just the tables that can be inserted. The cells for the photos I use are one line at a time, in which the picture is pasted inside, and then another cell below where the text is typed in. Based on how I have adjust the width of the cell size, you will get a specific picture size when pasting pictures into it in the document.

I have spent hours recently try to get the new tables option (in Word 2013) to do the same thing that the old "cells" did, without success. Maybe I am not very smart, but have been using word since it came out. Not only do the new tables not resize the pictures no matter what I have tried, but they also do not allow the picture to stay centered in the page (they shift to the right) even when the "center" option is highlighted in the Paragraph on the ribbon.

As a result I have not used the new tables which apparently, based on my testing, do not have the same slow typing issue, but they don't allow me to automatically re-size the pictures. Frankly I am amazed this is so, and or that what I want to do is so difficult. One would think that setting the size of pictures to be pasted would be a given, so you did not have to do each manually but that is apparently not the case (the Gods at Microsoft apparently don't know we need to do that).  I do hundreds of documents a year, with 5-20 pictures each pasted in, and all photos need to be the same size to fit two to a page, and all have descriptions below them.

The really slow stuff I have experienced recently clearly has something to do with the Animation feature that Rohn007 suggested I try. The letter typing scroll out is much slower in the new word format than the old 2003 format after the recent update. All one has to do is hold any letter key down inside a 2013 document with a cell created in the 2003 format, or the eraser key if there is text already. It is much slower than when working in the body of the document. The suggested reg-edit has helped a little, but the typing scroll out is still pretty slow. When you hold a letter key down and then lift it, the letters keep coming for a short time…

By doing the registry hack, it made it so it is tolerable. It clearly the typing scroll out or erase is not as quick as in word 97-2003 format when working inside a cell. If I go back and save the document in the old 2003 format it is not an issue at all, which makes no sense to me. It does not make sense to me that it is the program, since I would think the program it is treating the formats the same way with respect to that type of issue, but maybe/apparently not...

Any ways thanks for your thoughts and offer to help. Not sure where to go from here, but sort of sad to have to fuss with this stuff, just to keep doing what I had been doing for years.

Regards,

Tom

Another thing to try is turning off the new Office 2013 "annimation" feature. If it was turned off before, it may have been "accidentally" turned back on by the Windows Updates (since MS "knows" whats best for us ... <grin>)

Rubber band effect, delayed Response time when typing – Disable Animation feature

In Office 2013 MS added a funky new UI feature called “Animation”. It is supposed to “smooth out”, or some such nonsense, cursor movement in the applications. I first noticed it in Excel 2013. I found it so annoying that that “feature” alone was enough to completely turn me off from using the whole Office 2013 bundle. Fortunately, or not (?), I found these fixes.

http://winsupersite.com/article/office-2013-beta2/office-2013-tip-disable-animations-143779

http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/07/21/disabling-animations-in-office-2013/

Note, you may have to also add the “Graphics” key.

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Alternate, related solution

I'm using Windows 8, and found a different solution there:

• Using the search-word "edit", I found "Edit system environment variables".
• That took me to the "System Properties" screen.
• Under "Performance" I selected "Settings", which brought up the "Performance Settings" screen.
• I deselected the "Animate controls and elements inside Windows" option.
• After restarting the computer, I brought up Excell, and it was totally fixed.

I am not aware of any changes made recently, though common user like me here dont see changes unless reported.

Can you provide a link to the template  and post the exact steps you are taking to recreate the issue.

Dear Nayana,

One other thought, this starting happening about a week ago, after my Office 365 updated itself.

The thing is, if I take out the cell where the picture is pasted and "auto re-sized" and paste the picture in the word document without it sitting inside a cell/table, and manually re-size every picture (since there is no default setting for the picture size when pasting them in a document (that would be a nice feature Microsoft!!), the issue goes away. The issue seems to be some change made recently that changes the way the program/document deals with photos inside a cell/table.

The irony is, if I save the same document back into the 97-2003 word format, it works just fine. It is also not one document, since i have similar (other word documents) documents that have similar formatted photo pages with the table/cells embedded in them, and they all do the same thing now.

The word document I use that has space for 5-15 pictures to be pasted in, and then a cell below each to give a description of each photo)  Take out the table/cell that I paste the picture in, and the slow problem goes away, but then I lose the auto re-sizing of the pictures.

Any help would be appreciated.

Tom H