I have a powerful machine. Excel loads instantly.  Word is dreadfully slow.  
I've checked third party add-ins but that does not seem to be the problem.  
Also takes ages to close down as well.

I am running Windows 2000 professional with Word 2003 SP1 installed.
Whenever I open a specific document it opens it then closes word
immediately.  That is all I can say really.
Has anyone experienced this before?  Any ideas of a root Cause?

Hi I am disabled and print out my cheques on an old typewriter, Is there away
of printing them in Word2003 or is there another program that will do this
task for me I also use Access2003 and cannot find any help there in the help
files on printing cheques. Thank You

When I start a new document, word will not let me type anything. what could
be wrong?

I'm trying to batch print PDFs from Word on a Mac. I've tried a drag-and-drop
method, but Word displays a filename prompt for each file, which slows the
batch process to a crawl.
Does anyone know of a way to batch print PDFs from Microsoft Word on a Mac?

I've had my contract termenated because I took a passenger out to work with
me. (I'm a delivery driver) I was not aware that I'm not allowed to do this.
When I went to the dismissal hearing, I was told that the decision to
terminate my contract had already been made before the ...

I want to combine several word documents into a single folder.  How do I do
that?  I downloaded 6 pdf files and want to put them into a single folder.  I
also have months of meeting notes that I want to put in a single folder.

Could you please advise how to create a business card with windows XP Micro
soft 2003

I don't know if this is the right group but perhaps if I describe what I am
after, someone could point me in the right direction.
I have some printed Architects Instruction forms. The architect completes a
copy by hand I have to enter them on the PC and print them. I would like to ...

or do you have to convert it to a rft file first.

Hide gridline instructions for tables is confusing.  If written from a
different perspective, I believe they would be easier to follow.  My
suggestion is that it be assumed that since the title is Hide Gridlines, that
is exactly what the user wants to do.  Skip the long ...

I'm trying to type a Xmas letter and with 14 point, green color, regular
type, in Black Chancery....................I can't get any puntuation to
show. Is it THAT particular script or is there something I can do?

I just upgraded to Word 2003 and am now unable to open/modify my previous
documents!  How can I grant myself permission to do this?

When I am in Outline display, and the section is collapsed, in addition to
the plus sign there is a dotted line under the text, how do I remove that?
The plus sign is enough to tell me that the section is collapsed, I don't
need that dotted line, it's quite distracting.

On a word document there are sample water marks available on the system. How
do I make my on water mark (e.g. my name) and put it diagonally on the
document? If I want to put my hand writing there how do I do that?