Word 2016 typing is very slow

Anonymous
2015-10-15T16:27:02+00:00

I just installed Word 2016 version 16.0.4229.1029. I am experiencing very slow typing with a document whose format is as follows:

  • 10,000+ words
  • 91 pages
  • one long table: 2,000+ rows, 5 columns

I have turned off spell checker, corrector, etc as well as turned off all unnecessary Windows 10 Home animation. I even copied it to outside my OneDrive folder.

My computer is as follows:

  • ASUS laptop
  • Intel Core i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.40 GHz
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 64-bit operating system
  • x64-based processor

Prior to this installation, I was using Word 2013 and typing was fast with this doc.

[As I last resort: revert to Word 2013, but how?] 

I have tested other documents and they seem to be fine.

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Anonymous
2016-01-09T11:06:52+00:00

I am having the exact same problem here, and with regard to threads in several other forums, there are many users experiencing the same issues with Word 2016. @ZahirDhalla, could you solve the problem? Thanks for giving an update.

Hello Samuel [and previously Kay too],

I have 'solved' the problem but it requires some work. I figured it was to do with working in Word 2016 on a document that was created in Word 2013 or prior. So I created a brand new 2016 document and, in my case, fresh new tables in it, and then copied and pasted the text from the old pre-2016 version. It worked.

I hope you guys can do the same. Please let us know.

Zahir.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-10-05T15:12:13+00:00

    Typing is so slow in my document, sometimes the screen goes black and I get the spinning blue circle then the screen comes back and then the letters that I typed appear one. by. one. V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W-L-Y. 

    I am writing a newsletter full of text boxes, photos, and titling.  I have to use Word because that's what my co-editor has.  But she has 2013 and I wanted to get that but I had to buy the latest one, 2016, I couldn't buy and old one.

    YUCK!

    And an earlier poster was right, it is only using 50% of the processing power while typing.  this is ridiculous!  Why is there no solution for this?!?

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-09-08T05:26:54+00:00

    I also have experienced the same "lag" when typing. It is extremely counter-productive, annoying and unacceptable considering I'm running Word on a  very capable system: Windows 10 OS, intel core i5 6600k, 16GB ram should be plenty to type smoothly in a simple text editing software. Seriously  MS, fix your stuff before you loose more customers! I personally don't have free time available to go around reading countless forum  posts and whatnots, leading to complicated solutions and workarounds that may or many not work, consuming several hours of my productivity on a paid product that should simply doesn't work as intended out of the box.  I was actually going to purchase another Office package for my laptop but I'll stick to the FREE AND FLAWLESS Open Office until this mess disappears.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-09-07T12:12:12+00:00

    Installed the update quickly; typing is still pretty slow. :-(

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-09-07T12:01:39+00:00

    I have a Surface 3 which is underpowered at the best of times, but typing in Word is pretty brutal when I work on a document that was started in Word 2013. This is even if the document is short, and I "convert" the document into the new format. I know it's Word, though, because I do not encounter the issue in any other programme even where there is a lot more RAM being used by the app. I'm trying with the "Insider" version of Office to see if that helps.

    Looks like I'm going to need to change my hardware pretty soon if I hope to get any work done in Windows 10. :(

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