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
    2016-08-21T01:20:10+00:00

    I am having this issue with a document on my Dropbox folder.  I posted my issue at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_365hp-word/word-2016-unbearably-slow/b1b181ee-fc49-44f0-b534-1764b9b08a56.  I am on Surface Pro 2 (8 GB RAM, 510 GB SSD).  The document I am editing is 1.13 mb and 156 pages.   I am running Windows 10 Anniversary Edition (Version 1607 for x64-based Systems), Office version 16.0.7070.2033.  Can I still send the document via a private message to you?

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-09T15:40:51+00:00

    Thanks, Erik. I will also try using a large document with no footnotes and see what happens. I will not be surprise to find the same problem.

    I truly hope your proposed solution is temporary, since not working with footnotes makes Word worse even than Pages for Mac. I migrated from Mac to Windows precisely to take advantage of the many more features of Office for Windows.

    Best,

    Daniel

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-08-09T00:39:50+00:00

    Hello Daniel, I'm sorry that you did not receive a response yet. Our engineering team looked at your document and found that the typing issues in your document were likely caused by the footnotes being formatted. While we don't have a fix scheduled for this right now, and typing performance issues tend to be varied and differ on a case-by-case basis, a possible workaround is to use Web Layout (click View < Web Layout), since that view doesn't show footnotes. Please give this a try and let us know if it helps.

    Best,

    -Erik, Office Newsroom

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-08-08T13:18:08+00:00

    Hi Erik,

    It's been almost two months after I sent my file as you suggested. Still, no news of a solution to the lag problem. Please, advise.

    Daniel

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