Pages no longer slow?

I just realised that there have not been many reports of slow performance recently. Last summer there were several ones a week as far as I remember.
Could it be that one of the many software updates to MacOS X has solved the problem for most of those that had it?
Could someone confirm that they used to have the problem, but that it is now gone?
Or could someone confirm that they still have the problem on at least one machine with all the latest updates of MacOS X?

An you are not on Intel either. There seems to be a pattern here.
Did you try the possible fixes mentioned elsewhere in the forum?
In some way it is good that it is sluggish periodically. That means that you might have a chance of figuring out what is wrong. Here is my compiled list, by the way:
1. Do you have any PostScript Fonts installed? Some people have reported problems with some PostScript Fonts.
2. Do you have any missing fonts? When you open the document, does Pages complain that it cannot find one or several fonts?
3. Do you have corrupt fonts? Open FontBook, select all fonts and then File > Validate Fonts.
4. Corrupt pictures, songs and movies in your home folder's Movies, Music and Pictures folders can slow down the product through the Media Browser. AVI films in the Movie folder can slow things down, as QT usually cannot play them.
5. Go to View > Hide > Layout. For some reason the layout slows things down.
6. Don't view Thumbnails.
7. Use the Text Fit option "follow contour" instead of "follow a square" in the bottom section of the wrap inspector.
8. If an object is set to wrap, and a wrapped side squeezes out any possibility of text wrapping along that side - such as extending a text box to the margin, the extreme slowdown will occur. So don't.
9. Use as few objects as possible Fixed on Page. Instead use Moves with Text.
10. Reduce the resolution of your screen.
11. Reduce the number of colours of your screen.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4)

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