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
    2015-03-17T21:07:27+00:00

    Well perhaps I should have said, "I don't know why this is a problem!" Word doesn't autosave except for every 10 minutes, certainly not every 10 milliseconds between the letters I'm typing. 

    Dear Microsoft Admin,

    Given that this is clearly a problem having to do with being connected to WiFi while using Word, can you get a more permanent fix for us? Why does being connected make Word so slow? 

    I have Word 2010 on my other computer and it works fine. I'm about sick of the lagginess of 365. 

    Sincerely,

    Wes

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-16T20:05:06+00:00

    I found a fix for the slow typing! Try putting your machine in airplane mode and then saving the document.

    I'm not sure why this works, but after I put my computer in airplane mode and save it, I get the message "Upload Pending" in the bottom tray. Then my typing speeds up to normal speed and I can take my computer out of airplane mode and get my internet back and the document uploads to the OneDrive. 

    No further problems. 

    You already described the "why" of  why it works. The special part of Airplane mode is that you are no longer waiting for your typing to be uploaded to the internet / cloud. You are essentially working on a standalone computer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-11T23:23:33+00:00

    I found a fix for the slow typing! Try putting your machine in airplane mode and then saving the document.

    I'm not sure why this works, but after I put my computer in airplane mode and save it, I get the message "Upload Pending" in the bottom tray. Then my typing speeds up to normal speed and I can take my computer out of airplane mode and get my internet back and the document uploads to the OneDrive. 

    No further problems. 

    Tell me if that doesn't work for you!

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-01-22T02:24:22+00:00

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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.

    This solution worked for me for ALL Office 2013 products running on Windows 7 virtual machine within VMware Fusion. Thank you so much.

    For everyone, else, stop wasting time trying to disable hardware acceleration and animations within Word. This is THE DEFINITIVE fix. Here is a screenshot of the setting.

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