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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.
I tried both of these ideas, but it hasn't made a difference. Here are my details
Windows 8 64 bit
i7 intel processor
8 gb memory
2tb hard drive, entirely clean
Office home and business
Stand alone copy of Publisher 2013 purchased from Amazon Downloads.
The biggest problem that I have is when you move any item, image or text box, it doesn't move smoothly or accurately. Therefore you have to use the arrow keys to place everything ONE CLICK AT A TIME. It will slowly move things that way, but if you rapid fire click, you will overshoot your placement. As everyone knows, placement is the reason why we aren't using Word for the job. It is extremely frustrating. I guess I am going to just uninstall it and pony up the price for indesign. I am SOOOO disappointed in this though. I have used Publisher for years and really been happy with what it could do. I don't need indesign and I don't know how to use it.
Also, it seems really difficult to find a print preview, and I have had some differences between the way the document looks on screen and prints with art fonts.
Thanks for the details.
Please try going to View > Graphics Manager > Change Picture Display > check 'fast resize and zoom' and uncheck 'detailed display' if it was checked. Does that help?
DavidF
I tried both of these ideas, but it hasn't made a difference. Here are my details
Windows 8 64 bit
i7 intel processor
8 gb memory
2tb hard drive, entirely clean
Office home and business
Stand alone copy of Publisher 2013 purchased from Amazon Downloads.
The biggest problem that I have is when you move any item, image or text box, it doesn't move smoothly or accurately. Therefore you have to use the arrow keys to place everything ONE CLICK AT A TIME. It will slowly move things that way, but if you rapid fire click, you will overshoot your placement. As everyone knows, placement is the reason why we aren't using Word for the job. It is extremely frustrating. I guess I am going to just uninstall it and pony up the price for indesign. I am SOOOO disappointed in this though. I have used Publisher for years and really been happy with what it could do. I don't need indesign and I don't know how to use it.
Also, it seems really difficult to find a print preview, and I have had some differences between the way the document looks on screen and prints with art fonts.