Word is very laggy when modifying styles

Anonymous
2023-05-29T21:09:42+00:00

I am experiencing a very strange behavior in Word. The app becomes very unstable and slow to respond when I have the styles editing view open. This is the only time that I can tell when this slow behavior occurs. In all other respects, Word appears to be working properly, with no lagging or other issues. I have tried the online repair tool, and even uninstalling and reinstalling Word via Microsoft 365. So far, nothing has solved the problem. This issue only recently started, and I have no idea why or how to fix it. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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Anonymous
2023-06-15T13:34:12+00:00

All,

I have contacted Grammarly and they have come back to me with the news that they have been able to replicate the behavior and have submitted the case to their developers. They have also stated that it might take a little bit of time to get it fixed. In the meantime, for those who cannot live without it, there is a Grammarly application called 'Grammarly for Microsoft Office' that is actually working (I have tested it myself and seems to be working all right). The other temporary action you may take short of uninstalling the app is to disable it by clicking on its logo and selecting the Options button, and then clicking 'Turn off suggestions in...'.

Hope all helps until a permanent fix is available.

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Anonymous
2023-06-14T02:07:37+00:00

Dear All,

Thanks for your updates and sharing the solution here.

I'm glad to hear that you have found the root cause of the issue.

For other members to find the updates here, I'll summarize the issue as follows.

Issue Symptom:

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Word is slow or unable to respond when modifying the styles.

Issue Environment:

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Word

Possible root cause:

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Grammarly may cause the issue.

Possible solution:

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Uninstall Grammarly and report to Grammarly and open a support ticket to our related team to check whether there are some updates fixing the issue.

Thanks for your effort and have a nice day!

Sincerely

Cliff | Microsoft Community Moderator

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-13T08:58:16+00:00

    I am experiencing a very strange behavior in Word. The app becomes very unstable and slow to respond when I have the styles editing view open. This is the only time that I can tell when this slow behavior occurs. In all other respects, Word appears to be working properly, with no lagging or other issues. I have tried the online repair tool, and even uninstalling and reinstalling Word via Microsoft 365. So far, nothing has solved the problem. This issue only recently started, and I have no idea why or how to fix it. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

    I don't know what happened to fix it, but running the office word up by right-click ->"Run as administrator" fixed the problem for me. I still have the problem when I try without "Run as administrator".

    Word (Version 2305 Build 16.0.16501.20074) 64-bit

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-13T04:30:04+00:00

    Dear All,

    Sorry for the inconvenience the issue caused in your environments.

    As there is a newly released version number in the Word application, I'd like you to check whether you can update the version number at your sides and see if the issue disappears in your environments. I just did a test with the newly released version number of the Word application and I can't reproduce such an issue in our environment.

    The newly released version number may not fix the issue in each user's environment. However, it may be a way which can be tried at your sides.

    As our product developers may need some time to read the feedback and further investigate the issue, I suggest you keep close eyes on the comments of the feedback for the latest updates.

    Moreover, as some similar issues may have different root causes, you can also contact the administrator in your organization if you aren't the administrator and let him follow the steps in Get support - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn to open a support ticket to our related team as soon as possible so that they can help you find the root causes of the issues and fix them directly in your environments.

    The administrator is always the first person who subscribes the Microsoft 365 business subscription or the IT administrator in your organization.

    About admin roles in the Microsoft 365 admin center - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn

    How do I find my Microsoft 365 admin? - Microsoft Support

    Thanks for your effort and time!

    Sincerely

    Cliff | Microsoft Community Moderator

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-12T18:38:56+00:00

    I have the same problem and have reported it back to MS. I have tried several things but all, unfortunately, were failures to fix it. One that seemed to work for a few minutes was to run sfc /scannow, which fixed some corrupt files and the behavior went away. However, after a few minutes, the behavior came back. Very frustrating.

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