Pages slow to open, any suggestions?

When I open a Pages document it takes quite a while to launch the application.
I've tried deleting the Pages preference file. The first couple times opening Pages after that were fast... and then it went back to being slow. Anybody have any suggestions for me?
Thanks,
~Ignolopi

A very efficient way to slowdown Pages is to activate the feature "Display the true fonts in the fonts menu".
Disable it would fasten the process.
Often, the Fonts folder contain a huge number of fonts which are never used.
A bit of careful cleaning would fasten the beast too.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 23 avril 2011 11:09:12

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