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I have a new laptop and it handles all programs well including Photoshop but Publisher 2013 is extremely slow. Even highlighting text can take over a second. Earlier versions of Publisher are fine. Can anyone suggest a cause and a solution?
A desktop publishing application from Microsoft that focuses on page layout and graphic design.
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Perhaps uncheck the "use Office to sync files faster..." setting in SkyDrive.
DavidF
[Edit] After posting the above, I ran across another possible fix:
In Publisher go to File > Options > Advanced and check 'disable hardware graphics acceleration'.
I also had this problem. I didn't when I first installed Publisher, but after about a week it became so slow it was driving me crazy! I tried all the options that were listed in this forum, and none of them helped. I finally just ended up uninstalling Microsoft Skydrive all together - I wasn't using it anyway - and bam! Problem fixed! Publisher now runs great!
I was struggling with the same slow unusable situation with Publisher 2013. I dropped back to Publisher 2010. I do not have the time nor would I expect to fuss around trying all these patches/delete patches/updates.
........editing earlier post.
I have pretty good efficiency editing a 68.9MB pub doc in Pub2010 but it was too big to save as jpg or pdf or anything other than .pub. Switching back to 2013 I was able to create a 9.7MB pdf but still could not export a jpg.
In Publisher 2010 and older a user had three options on how Pictures were displayed:
As of Publisher 2013 MS removed the Fast resize and zoom option and I suspect that may be at least a contributing cause to the problem you and others are experiencing when they insert high resolution image files.
If you prefer to vent and choose not compress your images in order to solve your problem then that is your choice, but you might at least try it before you go out and spend the megabucks for the Adobe products. Make a copy of your file and reduce all the images to 300 dpi which most find adequate for commercial purposes and see if that solves your problem.
DavidF
Yes these are large files, but in previous versions there was never an issue. The whole point of Publisher was to be able to use high res photos for a publication. After spending the past two days creating a paltry 2 pieces of my publication I officially hate Microsoft. Not only did they destroy a program that has worked for many years they apparently do not feel a need to fix the problems with it even after years of this thread and the derogatory comments. I will endeavor to buy an adobe program and use it in the future and find other ways to kick MS to the curb for their indifference if nothing else.