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Office 2008 Slow Startup: SOLVED!
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Tried this...
Not that I feel it solved
but launching of Word:2008 now went down from 5+ min. to 2:17,6 min.
Mac Mini late 2008, 1.83Ghz, 2GB RAM.
Not that I feel it solved
but launching of Word:2008 now went down from 5+ min. to 2:17,6 min.Mac Mini late 2008, 1.83Ghz, 2GB RAM.
I know this is an old thread, but thanks for the tip!
I'm going to try it tonight last night I was copying and pasting .jpgs from iPhoto to word and it was horrendous!!
I'm going to try it tonight last night I was copying and pasting .jpgs from iPhoto to word and it was horrendous!!
Starting with Office 2008, Microsoft installs fonts in this location:
Library/Fonts/Microsoft
They also installed duplicate fonts that Apple installs. Removing these older duplicate fonts then deleting font caches can help with startup and random crashes.
Microsoft fonts to delete after installing Snow Leopard (includes help deleting font caches)
http://www.office.mvps.org/troubleshoot/remove_fonts_snowleopard.html
See Font Management for help with Office 2011 fonts.
http://www.officeformachelp.com/office/font-management/
BTW, if you had Office 2004 installed, you can delete the fonts in your User's Library/Fonts/Fonts Disabled folder. When you install Office 2008 or Office 2011 Microsoft moves your older fonts to this folder.
Another folder you can delete in the User's Library to clear up some space are the cache files for Spotlight for Office 2004 and 2008.
/Library/Caches/Metadata/Microsoft/Entourage"
Library/Fonts/Microsoft
They also installed duplicate fonts that Apple installs. Removing these older duplicate fonts then deleting font caches can help with startup and random crashes.
Microsoft fonts to delete after installing Snow Leopard (includes help deleting font caches)
http://www.office.mvps.org/troubleshoot/remove_fonts_snowleopard.html
See Font Management for help with Office 2011 fonts.
http://www.officeformachelp.com/office/font-management/
BTW, if you had Office 2004 installed, you can delete the fonts in your User's Library/Fonts/Fonts Disabled folder. When you install Office 2008 or Office 2011 Microsoft moves your older fonts to this folder.
Another folder you can delete in the User's Library to clear up some space are the cache files for Spotlight for Office 2004 and 2008.
/Library/Caches/Metadata/Microsoft/Entourage"
Wanna say thanks this has solved my problem.
Hated waiting that 30 seconds - 1 minute to load a file.
Hated waiting that 30 seconds - 1 minute to load a file.
I realize this thread is pretty old, but I'm still using Word 2008, and it just took 75 freaking minutes to "optimize font performance" on launch. I am not exaggerating. (It's probably because I have a ton of fonts activated with Extensis Suitcase.) Everything else on my machine runs wonderfully.
I wish I would have discovered this tip sooner. I don't use Word a whole lot, but when I do, I don't need it for it's font handling.
I wish I would have discovered this tip sooner. I don't use Word a whole lot, but when I do, I don't need it for it's font handling.
Same here on two machines. I'm glad this thread got bumped so I know what to try if the startup gets intolerably long.
Well, I just tried it out ... and it did cut my launch time ... from 75 minutes to 69 minutes. Not exactly the results that I was hoping for.
Thanks. This worked for me!Hey,
I just posted this fix in another thread, but thought it deserved it's own.
Many of you have been having problems with very slow startup times with Office 2008.
My word/excel/powerpoint used to take about 1+ minutes to load.
It seems as though the office programs hang on startup due to 2 reasons.
The first being the auto start up of the project gallery and the second is the way it renders the preview of fonts(I use "Font Book" to preview my fonts anyhow.).
Here is how to fix it:
1. Launch word
2. Go to Word>Preferences
3. Click on "General"
4. uncheck "WYSIWYG font and style menus"
5. uncheck "Show Project Gallery At Startup"
6. Quit word
7. Reopen Word
My office programs now boot in 4 seconds or less and run smoothly.
Your Welcome
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