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
You can also view my blog for a more information http://bbold.com/blog/?p=7
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
You can also view my blog for a more information http://bbold.com/blog/?p=7