I am finding Publisher 2013 unbelievably slow, so slow as to be unworkable.

Anonymous
2013-03-25T23:19:54+00:00

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?

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Anonymous
2013-03-25T23:31:57+00:00

Perhaps uncheck the "use Office to sync files faster..." setting in SkyDrive.

Reference: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_home-office_install/microsoft-office-document-cache-sync-client/6b011698-e0d8-4cc0-b3c2-674ba2565fc3?page=1

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'.

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Anonymous
2013-05-16T13:29:34+00:00

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!

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Anonymous
2013-05-03T18:43:53+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-18T14:12:13+00:00

    I just downloaded Office 2013 about a week or two ago, and I can't find the KB2768349 among the list of patches. Is there any other way to get rid of it?

    Check the instructions for removing the patch in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2768349 . It is possible that it has not been installed at this point.

    If your copy of Publisher is still sluggish, then you can try some of the other solutions that some users have found helpful. Unfortuanately there doesn't seem to be just one fix.

    Perhaps uncheck the "use Office to sync files faster..." setting in SkyDrive.

    Reference: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_home-office_install/microsoft-office-document-cache-sync-client/6b011698-e0d8-4cc0-b3c2-674ba2565fc3?page=1

    Perhaps in Publisher go to File > Options > Advanced and check 'disable hardware graphics acceleration'.

    If you have a large existing file with lots of pictures, then perhaps compress your pictures. Reference: Compress Pictures dialog box:

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100363901033.aspx?pid=CL100605171033

    If that doesn't help and you are really desperate go to View > Graphics Manager > Change Picture Display > check 'Hide Pictures' and uncheck 'detailed display'. You can still preview the images in print preview.

    I hope one of those approaches helps. Let us know which one.

    DavidF

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-18T13:51:25+00:00

    I just downloaded Office 2013 about a week or two ago, and I can't find the KB2768349 among the list of patches. Is there any other way to get rid of it?

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