Images MS Word is Slow to launch or Terminate - Fix it

Almost each one of us is used to MS Word frequently. MS Office’s MS Word is used in different purpose starting from student’s assignment to any official work like preparation of reports, etc. However, sometimes it has been found that MS Word acts sluggish while opening and closing. Many users out there must have come across this kind of situation. Here is the tutorial how you can fix the slow open or close of MS Word in Windows.

When you try to open MS Word, you find that MS Word doesn’t open quickly and on termination it acts same. This quite a common problem faced on many computers. The culprit responsible for slow launching or termination of MS Word is the corrupted or problematic “Normal.dot” template.

Now the question arises what is Normal.dot template? Normal.dot template is a mere location where MS word saves all its default settings. For MS Word 2007/2010 it is known to as Normal.dotm. For Example: font type, font size, styles, etc. and is used with every word file irrespective of being blank or not.

To fix the slow opening and closing of MS Word, you need to find the word templates location folder on the system and delete the Normal.dot or Normal.dotm file. Here is how you can resolve the issue, simply perform the following steps.

Steps to Fix Slow open or close of MS Word

• Open Run dialog box by pressing Windows + R with MS Word application closed
• In Run command box copy and paste the commands according to your operating system and hit Enter/ OK
  For Windows XP:
  %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\
  For Windows Vista / Windows 7:
  %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates

• In the templates window, look for the file called “Normal.dot” or “Normal.dotm” and delete it.

Once you have accomplished all steps successfully, you will find that the slow opening and closing of MS Word problem has been resolved.

You might be thinking whether deletion of the file causes any errors or not. A new and clean Normal.dot or Normal.dotm is created when you open a MS Word page next time.

Now, enjoy your work with MS Word as upon following the tutorial here you will find that your MS Word works perfectly fine and can be easily launched and terminated.