Refreshing drawings in Word 2003

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Matyas - 28 Jul 2007 17:32 GMT

I have used Word's built in drawing tool, equation tool and as I scroll
through the document it takes a long time to refresh the drawings and
equations. Sometimes I have to klick on the drawing to refresh it, but even
then it does not always work.
Word 97 worked perfectly, until I installed 2003 I had no problems.

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Bob Mathews - 28 Jul 2007 18:25 GMT

> I have used Word's built in drawing tool, equation tool and as
> I scroll through the document it takes a long time to refresh
> the drawings and equations. Sometimes I have to klick on
> the drawing to refresh it, but even then it does not always
> work.

Sluggishness like this is sometimes caused by Word not cleaning
out its temporary files like it should (or by such files being
left over after a crash). Easiest way to clean out your temp
folder is to run the "Disk Cleanup" tool. This should be in Start

> All Programs > Accessories > System Tools, or by clicking Start
> Run, typing cleanmgr in the Open box, and clicking OK. (That's

for XP. I don't know if Disk Cleanup is available on Vista.)

See also our article at
http://www.dessci.com/en/support/mathtype/tsn/tsn83.htm. This
article says it applies to Office 2000, but will also apply to
later versions of Office, though to a lesser degree.

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