I am using the latest Word 2013 RC in German. Allthough I am very pleased with the overall performance and features of this new version, I ran into some very annoying problems, that didn't exist with the latest Word 2010. These should be easy to reproduce: Take a long document (*.docx) with at least 100 pages and try to save it. This takes forever - I can see the progress bar filling up slowly. It takes at least 10-20 seconds to save. During that process I cannot do anything within Word - not even scroll smoothly. It slows down to the point of almost freezing up. I didn't have this problem with Word 2010 on the same system. Take that same document (>100 pages) and try to copy&paste some text (for example out of Firefox) and paste it as plain text - this takes at least 1 to 2 seconds. I didn't have any kind of delay with Word 2010. Word 2013 seems to work ok with *.doc files - it's still slower than Word 2010 a lot faster than saving *.docx files. I have no problems whatsoever with short documents. Can anyone confirm these problems with Word 2013 RC?

Thanks -- this is very helpful. Microsoft -- please fix this issue!

Same problem here Document, 30 pages, about 75KB: docx takes about 12 sec. to save * after saving the document in the old doc-format: doc takes less then 1 sec. to save Partial Solution Right click on the status bar on the bottom and disable "Spelling and Grammar Check" After that saving the same docx takes about 2 seconds * does not block user actions (It seems that Word 2013 pointlessly does things that are not really required before/while saving a docx, e.g. a (whole?) "Spelling and Grammar Check" and .... ? one should try other settings, perhaps there is a additional delay when "Spelling and Grammar Check" finds Errors, etc...)

I have the same problem with editing a .docx file. I have windows8, office 365, and opening a 100 page document was very slow when it came to saving. I disabled "Hardware acceleration" and that didn't help with saving. However, once I disabled "Background Saves" as suggested above, I was able to perform frequent saves without it taking a long time to commit.

Thank you so much for your quick response! Unfortunately I am on buisness travels at the moment which is why I won't be able to test these solutions until this weekend. I will however respond with results as soon as I have followed your instructions (probably Saturday).

Hi, Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. I will assist you in resolving the issue working with the Word application. Please follow these steps and check if it helps: Method 1: Try Working in Word safe and check if it helps. To know how to start Word in Safe mode, follow the steps below. Press the ‘Windows + R’ key on the keyboard > Copy and paste the following command line in the ‘Open’ box and click Ok. Winword /safe If this helps, disable the add-ins as suggested in the Section ‘ Delete the COM add-ins registry keys’ from this article. **http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541** Method 2: If the issue persists, repair the Office and check if it helps: Go to Start Screen and type > Control > Now Click on Settings > Select Control Panel > Click on Programs and Features > Search for Office > Click on it and select Change > Choose ‘Repair’. Method 3: If you still face the issue, then check if any other software is conflicting with the Word application by starting the computer in the Clean Boot mode as suggested in this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 Note: After the troubleshooting, restart the computer in Normal mode. Hope this helps to resolve the issue. If you need any assistance, reply to us. Thank you.

Word 2013: Extremely slow saving and pasting plain text in long documents

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I am using the latest Word 2013 RC in German. Allthough I am very pleased with the overall performance and features of this new version, I ran into some very annoying problems, that didn't exist with the latest Word 2010. These should be easy to reproduce:

Take a long document (*.docx) with at least 100 pages and try to save it. This takes forever - I can see the progress bar filling up slowly. It takes at least 10-20 seconds to save. During that process I cannot do anything within Word - not even scroll smoothly. It slows down to the point of almost freezing up. I didn't have this problem with Word 2010 on the same system.
Take that same document (>100 pages) and try to copy&paste some text (for example out of Firefox) and paste it as plain text - this takes at least 1 to 2 seconds. I didn't have any kind of delay with Word 2010.
Word 2013 seems to work ok with *.doc files - it's still slower than Word 2010 a lot faster than saving *.docx files.

I have no problems whatsoever with short documents. Can anyone confirm these problems with Word 2013 RC?

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2016-09-23T22:38:26+00:00

Thanks -- this is very helpful.

Microsoft -- please fix this issue!
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2015-02-14T16:04:01+00:00
Same problem here

Document, 30 pages, about 75KB:
- docx takes about 12 sec. to save *
- after saving the document in the old doc-format:
doc takes less then1 sec. to save

Partial Solution

Right click on the status bar on the bottom and disable "Spelling and Grammar Check"

After that saving the same docx takes about 2 seconds

* does not block user actions

(It seems that Word 2013 pointlessly does things that are not really required before/while saving a docx, e.g. a (whole?) "Spelling and Grammar Check" and .... ? one should try other settings, perhaps there is a additional delay when "Spelling and Grammar Check" finds Errors, etc...)
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2013-07-21T17:45:30+00:00

I have the same problem with editing a .docx file. I have windows8, office 365, and opening a 100 page document was very slow when it came to saving. I disabled "Hardware acceleration" and that didn't help with saving. However, once I disabled "Background Saves" as suggested above, I was able to perform frequent saves without it taking a long time to commit.
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2013-01-17T13:28:16+00:00

Thank you so much for your quick response! Unfortunately I am on buisness travels at the moment which is why I won't be able to test these solutions until this weekend. I will however respond with results as soon as I have followed your instructions (probably Saturday).
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2013-01-17T05:45:35+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I will assist you in resolving the issue working with the Word application.

Please follow these steps and check if it helps:

Method 1:

Try Working in Word safe and check if it helps. To know how to start Word in Safe mode, follow the steps below.

Press the ‘Windows + R’ key on the keyboard > Copy and paste the following command line in the ‘Open’ box and click Ok.

Winword /safe

If this helps, disable the add-ins as suggested in the Section ‘Delete the COM add-ins registry keys’ from this article.

**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541**

Method 2:

If the issue persists, repair the Office and check if it helps:

Go to Start Screen and type > Control > Now Click on Settings > Select Control Panel > Click on Programs and Features > Search for Office > Click on it and select Change > Choose ‘Repair’.

Method 3:

If you still face the issue, then check if any other software is conflicting with the Word application by starting the computer in the Clean Boot mode as suggested in this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: After the troubleshooting, restart the computer in Normal mode.

Hope this helps to resolve the issue. If you need any assistance, reply to us.

Thank you.
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