Shutting down and restarting the computer resets all of the loaded software, often clearing up strange problems. NO TE: part of this procedure is disabling addins. Disabling BlueTooth is rapidly moving to the top of my Office trouble shooting process. If you have BlueTooth, disable it in control panel, device manager and possibly as an addin in Office apps. The problem is with the people writing the drivers.
At this point, you have also think about any software or plugins that you may have installed on your computer. Annoyingly, this problem with Word can be caused by a program that is completely unrelated to Word! Did you recently install some new hardware? A printer, scanner, label machine, web cam, tablet, etc? Have you installed any software? If so, uninstall it and see if the problem goes away. How to find out whether any Word Add-ins have been installed.
Enable or disable add-ins in Office programs - Support - Office. Templates in Microsoft Word. A lot of problems with Office are caused by third party non-Microsoft applications.
A number of people have reported that removing it overcomes problems with It has been reported that uninstalling that brings Office back to working status. Macro support for this application is disabled. Features requiring VBA are not available. Would you like to open this document as a read only? It appears that there may be some hardware incompatibilities as well. Scroll down to the Display section of the dialog,. EXE then on Properties, go to the Compatibility tab and uncheck all the boxes.
As of now, the Compatibility tab for Office executable file is not available on Windows 8. That fix is described at No clue about a solution except not using Adobe fonts on Word. It started off just affecting the Outlook program, crashing before even opening the data store OST file. I removed and readded the users' email account to no avail. I then attempted a quick office repair, followed by a full repair when the quick repair didn't work I then had to re-activate Office for some reason Now, after a restart, everything crashes a few seconds after opening with the below report.
However, I was able to fix it by and this makes no sense removing the Epson XP printer software. After talking with the user a bit more after lunch, he informed me that he installed this printer on his personal computer and that it also killed his Office pack. After fully uninstalling all Epson software that would uninstall and a full regedit to remove the parts that wouldn't uninstall I was able to get his Office running again.
One of the common classes of this tool is screen capture. Snagit has been identified explicitly by a couple of people, but it is not alone. This article presents a systematic approach to help you resolve various error messages and problems in Microsoft Word.
You can use one of the following methods to resolve various error messages and problems in Word:. Encountered this slow Word today with "Connecting to printer". Explorer when connecting to certain Libraries in Windows 7 was also slow, and we use mapped network drives to local filer servers.
User had some printers that were not recognized custom print to PDF printers, and also some older network printers served from an older print server, and using Universal PS driver. Carpet bomb approach. Reinstalled all network printers with the latest PCL5 drivers.
Issue resolved. No more word lag, no more explorer lag in Libraries. Reminds me of an XP issue with certain fax drivers, and also with old network drive mappings that were no longer valid. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community.
When I print from Office applications in Windows 7 the print dialog shows my default and only printer with the message ' connecting to printer ' which takes up to about 10 seconds to resolve to ' ready '. If I click on 'printer properties' another pregnant pause ensues before the print drivers own dialog box opens and, having adjusted properties, it can then take up to another 10 seconds before the print button responds to the click to print. It only happens with Office - everything else gets on with the job at a proper pace.
I have searched for various answers to this. So lets lay a few to rest right here. Unchecking the ' print in background ' option makes no difference at all. My PC has a Core i5 2. What's more if I click on 'printer properties' again just to see how it performs there is another equally long pregnant pause. Had the first delay been due to loading the print drivers dialog it would now be resident in memory so not subject to those delays next time round.
Updating the print drive r makes no difference at all. I would have been very suprised if it had as all other applications like Adobe Acrobat Reader, Firefox, Thunderbird and so on do not exhibit these delays - they are peculiar to MS Office. I have not reinstalled fonts - finding it hard to believe that other applications can work successfully with the same mainstream fonts like Calibri that Office might allegedly find 'broken'.
My conclusion so far is that it has to be something in the Office suite itself otherwise how come other applications perform as expected. Can anyone help? Thanks Al. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Palcouk Volunteer Moderator. The printer is wi-fi or usb connected? Does the problem impact on new docs or only old, or is it both?
How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. It would help if you mentioned the make and model of the printer and hoe it is connected to the computer. Office ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post. This article introduces a method to prevent Microsoft Office from disabling printers when Office detects the problems with printers.
This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it.
Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, see How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. If Office detects there is a problem with a printer, some printing features or the printer may be disabled.
In this case, you cannot use the disabled printers to print documents anymore. To do this, follow these steps:. Note If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmationI. Administrator can deploy the Print ticket safe mode Group Policy setting to prevent Office from disabling printers.
