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EDIT: I uninstalled and reinstalled Word as an older version (16.84) and Word works perfectly well.
I have an Apple MacBook Pro M1 chip from late 2020. It works perfectly well. However, Word starts lagging when I use it for a few minutes. This is not an issue with my computer – all other programmes work perfectly well while Word is lagging.
I tried uninstalling Word and reinstalling it, but this problem has persisted. I have closed all other apps bar Word, but Word still lags. I have also tried moving documents out of my OneDrive folder so they weren't being autosaved onto the cloud, but the lag persisted. Running Activity Monitor on Mac does not show excessive strain on Memory, CPU etc. from Word.
I recently installed an update, and I wonder whether this is the cause? Stumped as to how to fix this issue.
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Look forward to a fix, as with the others here, I've tried shutdowns, updates, cleared autosaves and cache, no solution and so using google docs but not ideal. I cant work and nether can a bunch of my colleagues, this is really not great
I'm now having the same problem.
Word updated May 19th and I had no problems until I updated my Mac to Sonoma from Ventura the day before yesterday.
I need word for school. I can't wait for Word to catch up to my typing.
I had the same issue. I installed the beta (just for Word, v 16.86), and that unusable lag is gone. So, hopefully, there will be a stable release soon to fix it!
Same issue here, only started in the past few days.
Word is super laggy, very annoying.
I've cleaned up my disc space and memory, made no difference.
Im having the same issue. Cleared cache, rebooted my computer, uninstalled and reinstalled word. It’s frustratingly unusable and I am coming upon an urgent book deadline.