Amazing! I also use Openoffice.org Writer and it is much more responsive than Word 2007. I think I know why more and more people are switching to Macs-I may bite the bullet and follow them. Thanks-Wayne
-----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Victoria Vaughan Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 02:02 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Slow motion Hi, I have Windows XP Jaws 11 and Word 2007. When I open a 1500 page document, I have the same slow down problem. I find that under 1000, pages works without this, but anything over that, the slow down occurs Vicky. ----- Original Message ----- From: "wayne smith" <waynesoundsm...@earthlink.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:48 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Slow motion >I have a couple of MS Word docs that are very large. One of them is about > 1800 pages. That never presented a problem when I was using JAWS 8 with > MS > Word 2003 and XP Pro. Now I have a state-of-the-art laptop with Windows 7 > 64bit, much more RAM and a faster processor (supposedly) and every time I > open this 1800 doc everything goes into super slow motion. When I open > the > doc I can go get a glass of water and come back and it may still be > opening. > If I try to Alt-Tab to another program, Outlook or Skype, for example, it > takes forever to make the switch. Does anyone have an idea if this is > related to JAWS 11 latest build, something wrong with MS Word 2007 or > something with the computer itself? > > > > Wayne > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/