Word 2013 slow typing

Anonymous
2013-05-08T21:43:34+00:00

Hi Folks,

I am using Word 2013 that comes with my Office 365. I regularly paste photos into cells in a word document template that I use every day, and then write a description in a neighboring cell. It is saved in the most recent word format.

Just recently the display of the text when typing is veryyyyy slow showing up when typing after pasting the picture/s. I have used the Office 365 for 6 months or more before this issue cropped up. This issue has just started in last week or so. No hardware or driver issues on computer, and I have tried a system restore to a date prior to the problem with no results. I use Windows 7 Professional, service pack 1. Plenty of RAM, and a large 480 GB solid state hard drive for the C drive.

The weird thing is, if I save the document in the older format (word 97-2003) the program works fine, but that is not a good long term solution for numerous reasons. I have tried the disabling the hardware acceleration as suggested in other blogs, but that did not resolve the issue. I have also tried increasing the virtual memory, which did not help either. Getting ready to jump out a window, hope someone has a suggestion that works. Getting ready to go back to office 2010. Don't like the Outlook 2013 preview pane limited view of the body of the email issue, and this latest issue makes me crazy with all the time I have burned up on it...

Thanks in advance.

Tom

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-08-19T22:24:02+00:00

    Hi Rohn007

    Here you are ...

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-08-19T23:02:50+00:00

    Thanks for trying, but it didn't come through.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-20T11:45:33+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-08-20T18:42:16+00:00

    Great, thanks.

    It is one of those magically appearing UI elements.  I wonder what it takes to make it appear. I opened a DOC in 2013, but still do not see that option ... <sigh>  I really hate this UI that keeps hiding elements.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-11-20T14:44:47+00:00

    Nayana- was there ever a solution to this problem? I have the exact same one in a word doc with a table and photos.

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