Word 2016 typing is very slow

This worked for me: 

To disable hardware acceleration, follow these steps: 

Start Word 2016. 

On the File tab, click Options. 

In the Options dialog box, click Advanced. 

In the list of available options, click to select the Disable hardware graphics acceleration check box. ... 

Click OK.

Saw it in an Office website as a recommendation from a MS Support agent.

Hi Zahir,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

The issue might be due to non-Microsoft programs conflicting with Office applications or might be due to the issues with Office installation. Let me assist you with the issue.

Follow the steps mentioned below and check if it helps:

Step 1: Open Office applications in safe mode:

Example: Open Word in safe mode

1. Close Word.
2. Press the Windows key+ R on the keyboard to open Run window.
3. In Run window and type winword /safe

Note: There is a space between 'Winword' and '/'.

If you are able to work with Word without any problem then the issue might be due to add-ins. In order to disable the add-ins follow the steps given below:

1. In Word, click on File< Options< Add-ins.
2. Under Manage select COM Add-ins.
3. Click on GO options beside Manage, uncheck all the add-ins and click Ok.
4. Try to open Word and check if it works fine.

Note: Similarly follow the steps to disable add-ins for other Office applications

Refer to the link mentioned which discusses about the similar issue and check if it helps:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/why-cant-i-start-my-office-2013-application-HA104011864.aspx

Step 2: Repair Office 2016 installation:

Refer to the link mentioned to repair Office 2016 installation:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/project-help/repair-or-remove-office-HA010357402.aspx

DO NOT DO THIS STEP

Step 3: Boot the system in clean boot.

Clean boot is performed to disable all startup programs and 3rd party services on the machine and check if they are conflicting with the

Office program.

Refer to the link mentioned to boot the system in clean boot:

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

Note: After checking in clean boot ensure to reboot the system in normal mode which is explained in the same article.

If Office applications work fine in clean boot then follow the complete article, perform advanced clean boot to check which program is causing the conflict. Once you have found the problem program, contact appropriate technical support team to update the program.

Hope it helps. Please post us if you need any further assistance with Office products.

Thank you.

repairing office just uninstalls it altogether - WTF?

Why is this still a fault when it's been going on for so long! It's shameful of MS given what you charge businesses.

Hi, 

I have quite a few 2016 templates in place with a lot of global clients. Some of them come back and report this issue. We're just about to issue another template where this issue seems less pronounced if I remove all tables with 'around' settings from headers/footers. We will try and achieve the same look and functionality either with 'inline' tables or stick a table cell into a textbox and test the template to see whether that solves the problem for the majority of user.

Will post an update if it does.