Word X Slow

I have a MacBook, 2Ghz, 512MB.
When I open Word X, it is excrutiatingly slowwwww. If I try to go from one application, like Mail, back to Word, it takes about 20 seconds. This can't be right. I might have another app open, like Camino or Palm Desktop, but that's it. If I upgrade to the new version of Office, will this problem go away?
It seems that my computer, in general, is slow, which is negating the reason for buying a new one in the first place!
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
J

Hey J,
First off... you are trying to run Word under Rosetta, which will be slow. Second, you only have 512m of RAM. Word will run faster when it is in UB code, but you really do need at least 1gig of RAM.
I would suggest you can also try out Pages, which came as a sample software with your MacBook. It is pretty cool, cause you can convert documents you made in Pages to Word compatible files to share with those that don't have Pages. And Pages will open Word documents you get from other people.
Good Luck.
Adam

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Since you say that copying the files over the network works correctly this sounds like the issue. Presumably once on the local machine you also don't see any speed issues opening the documents on the newer setups?

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My iMac is getting very slow opening Safari or Word, even slower opening iPhoto. I have an anti virus and I have deleted all cookies, emptied the cache ...
What can I do to regain the normal speed? Thanks for your tips.

Hello and Welcome back to Apple Discussions.
One thing many users overlook is maintaining at least 15% of your HDD space free to allow correct operation of the iMac. Back-up data to CD/DVDs and delete large files until you have at least 15% free.
You could also consider a RAM upgrade if you are running more intensive tasks than previously - 256Mb isn't much, and not is an extra 256Mb.
In the extreme, and something I might do every 12 months or so, is to do a complete back-up of all important data and then erase everything and re-install a fresh OS.
regards
mrtotes

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