Word 2016 typing is very slow

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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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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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Anonymous

2016-06-11T15:33:48+00:00

Hi Noyonima. I'm having the same issue here. Please help.
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2016-06-11T01:13:38+00:00

Thank you very much for the help. I wish to return to the program shortly and hope to use it in the future without problems. Thank you once again.

Hi there,

Our team is actively investigating this issue right now to work towards a fix. If we can request this of you, and if you wouldn't mind sharing the document that you're seeing these issues with, we would be grateful.

We are in the process of gathering all the information we can get. Your willingness to help can certainly provide more context & make a difference.

Do let us know, and we thank you once again for your patience and time.

Best,

Noyonima
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2016-06-10T20:50:39+00:00

Thank you very much for the help. I wish to return to the program shortly and hope to use it in the future without problems. Thank you once again.
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2016-06-10T00:13:45+00:00

I am so sorry to hear, and appreciate your patience as we sort this out. We definitely don't want you to be disappointed, I'm adding some info here that I hope will be helpful to you -

From the build number you shared, looks like you're on the Deferred Channelas indicated by the release history on our TechNet site. This means you get our best builds with new features every four months, and do receive the regular monthly security and bug fix updates that go out to all Office customers.

We have a fix for this issue that we're currently monitoring, that just went out to our Current Channel (monthly) customers. This means your channel should be receiving the build with the fixes shortly.

If you'd like to switch to a different channel and get on the monthly builds instead, you can reach out to your Admin or It Pro to set that up, since they control the cadence of how often you receive new builds.

Please let us know if there's anything else we can do to help at the moment.

Best,

Noyonima
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