From: Gil on
Why is opening/saving /closing a new document so slow?
From: Greg Russell on
"Gil" <Gil(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Why is opening/saving /closing a new document so slow?

http://openoffice.org will solve the problem. M$ Word is for losers.


From: VanguardLH on
Gil wrote:

> Why is opening/saving /closing a new document so slow?

Depends on what application you are using to open the file.
Depends on which version of Windows.
Depends if the file is local or on a network resource.
Depends on your network speed (local or Internet) of a networked file.
Depends on how robust or weak is your hardware.
Depends on the security software you installed (anti[virus|malware],
firewall, etc) or whatever you might've installed that interrogates
the content of files when you open, create, or modify them.
Depends on how big is the file.
Depends if you install some file indexing program.
Depends on what malware might be running on your host.
Depends on lots of possibilities.
Oh yeah, like we're supposed to troubleshoot a completely unknown setup.


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From: Maurice on

"Greg Russell" <grussell(a)example.con> wrote in message
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> "Gil" <Gil(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AD1947DD-8939-42D0-B7BD-8EBE53F1813C(a)microsoft.com...
>
>> Why is opening/saving /closing a new document so slow?
>
> http://openoffice.org will solve the problem. M$ Word is for losers.
>
>

Can openoffice read/import MS formats (like word2003, word 2007, excel,
etc....)?
Thanks


From: Elmo on
Maurice wrote:
> "Greg Russell" <grussell(a)example.con> wrote in message
> news:8a6q0eFkdrU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>> "Gil" <Gil(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AD1947DD-8939-42D0-B7BD-8EBE53F1813C(a)microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Why is opening/saving /closing a new document so slow?
>> http://openoffice.org will solve the problem. M$ Word is for losers.
>>
>>
>
> Can Openoffice read/import MS formats (like Word 2003, Word 2007, Excel,
> etc....)?
> Thanks

Yes. You can also set up O.O. to save files in Office formats, as the
default action:

Click Tools, Options, +Load/Save, General,
"Document Type", "Text file"
"Always save as" "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP".

Change "Spreadsheet" and other file types to the preferred MS format
here too.

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Joe =o)