Keystroke delay

when editing a pages document I'm getting a delay of 1 -2 seconds between the keystroke and the command showing on the document, this doesn't happen when I start a new document only when I edit, any ideas how I can remedy this?

How much RAM do you have?
Does this happen if you have only Pages open?
Do you have any 3rd party utilities installed?
Are the files stored somewhere other than your internal Hard Drive?
Do you have Time Machine/iCloud, or both on?
You can check if there are any other applications that may be interrupting your typing or eating your RAM with Activity Monitor in your Utilities folder (inside the Appliactions folder).
Peter

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