PowerPoint 2003 files very slow to open in 2007 on Vista

We are having problems with PowerPoint files created on XP machines in
Office 2003 taking extremely long times to open - 10 minutes or more - when
transferred to a Vista machine. Once open, we can save as .PPTX and the
file is well behaved on Vista and XP machines.

The problem seems to be specific to the combination of Vista and Office 2003
..PPT files. The same file .PPT file opened in PowerPoint 2007 on an XP
machine takes only seconds.

It doesn't matter if the file is opened from PowerPoint or if I double click
the file in windows explorer to open.

The file opening behavior is reproducible on both Vista machines.

These files have a lot of embedded graphics in the form of .JPG .TIFF and
others and appear to be the source of the problems. I can remove the
graphics, save in .PPT format and the file opens quickly in Vista.

The machines are Dell and I have checked for the latest available graphics
drivers.

Any suggestions on how to correct the problem are welcome.

Jerry M.Wright

I would check 2 things.

1. What antivirus program do you use? Does it have an Office plug-in? If so,
disable that.

2. Do you have a Vista-certified printer driver installed on the computers?
You should be able to install one that ships with Vista (see instrux at
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm), and that may help speed things up,
believe it or not.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


"Jerry M. Wright" <> wrote in message
news:11218B34-3F1F-44E0-905D-...
> We are having problems with PowerPoint files created on XP machines in
> Office 2003 taking extremely long times to open - 10 minutes or more -
> when transferred to a Vista machine. Once open, we can save as .PPTX and
> the file is well behaved on Vista and XP machines.
>
> The problem seems to be specific to the combination of Vista and Office
> 2003 .PPT files. The same file .PPT file opened in PowerPoint 2007 on an
> XP machine takes only seconds.
>
> It doesn't matter if the file is opened from PowerPoint or if I double
> click the file in windows explorer to open.
>
> The file opening behavior is reproducible on both Vista machines.
>
> These files have a lot of embedded graphics in the form of .JPG .TIFF and
> others and appear to be the source of the problems. I can remove the
> graphics, save in .PPT format and the file opens quickly in Vista.
>
> The machines are Dell and I have checked for the latest available graphics
> drivers.
>
> Any suggestions on how to correct the problem are welcome.
>
> Jerry M.Wright

It was the printer. Removing it fixed the problem with opening time.
However, I've been unable to get the printer drivers to work properly with
these particular files. Since the only come in once in while it isn't too
much of a deal to remove the printer, convert the file and restore the
printer.

"Echo S" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>I would check 2 things.
>
> 1. What antivirus program do you use? Does it have an Office plug-in? If
> so, disable that.
>
> 2. Do you have a Vista-certified printer driver installed on the
> computers? You should be able to install one that ships with Vista (see
> instrux at http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm), and that may help speed
> things up, believe it or not.
>
> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
>
>
> "Jerry M. Wright" <> wrote in message
> news:11218B34-3F1F-44E0-905D-...
>> We are having problems with PowerPoint files created on XP machines in
>> Office 2003 taking extremely long times to open - 10 minutes or more -
>> when transferred to a Vista machine. Once open, we can save as .PPTX and
>> the file is well behaved on Vista and XP machines.
>>
>> The problem seems to be specific to the combination of Vista and Office
>> 2003 .PPT files. The same file .PPT file opened in PowerPoint 2007 on an
>> XP machine takes only seconds.
>>
>> It doesn't matter if the file is opened from PowerPoint or if I double
>> click the file in windows explorer to open.
>>
>> The file opening behavior is reproducible on both Vista machines.
>>
>> These files have a lot of embedded graphics in the form of .JPG .TIFF and
>> others and appear to be the source of the problems. I can remove the
>> graphics, save in .PPT format and the file opens quickly in Vista.
>>
>> The machines are Dell and I have checked for the latest available
>> graphics drivers.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to correct the problem are welcome.
>>
>> Jerry M.Wright
>
>

Wow, that's wild. Thanks for posting back!

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Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


"Jerry M. Wright" <> wrote in message
news:9026911A-E1D0-431E-AD1A-...
> It was the printer. Removing it fixed the problem with opening time.
> However, I've been unable to get the printer drivers to work properly with
> these particular files. Since the only come in once in while it isn't too
> much of a deal to remove the printer, convert the file and restore the
> printer.
>
> "Echo S" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I would check 2 things.
>>
>> 1. What antivirus program do you use? Does it have an Office plug-in? If
>> so, disable that.
>>
>> 2. Do you have a Vista-certified printer driver installed on the
>> computers? You should be able to install one that ships with Vista (see
>> instrux at http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm), and that may help speed
>> things up, believe it or not.
>>
>> --
>> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
>> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
>> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
>>
>>
>> "Jerry M. Wright" <> wrote in message
>> news:11218B34-3F1F-44E0-905D-...
>>> We are having problems with PowerPoint files created on XP machines in
>>> Office 2003 taking extremely long times to open - 10 minutes or more -
>>> when transferred to a Vista machine. Once open, we can save as .PPTX
>>> and the file is well behaved on Vista and XP machines.
>>>
>>> The problem seems to be specific to the combination of Vista and Office
>>> 2003 .PPT files. The same file .PPT file opened in PowerPoint 2007 on
>>> an XP machine takes only seconds.
>>>
>>> It doesn't matter if the file is opened from PowerPoint or if I double
>>> click the file in windows explorer to open.
>>>
>>> The file opening behavior is reproducible on both Vista machines.
>>>
>>> These files have a lot of embedded graphics in the form of .JPG .TIFF
>>> and others and appear to be the source of the problems. I can remove
>>> the graphics, save in .PPT format and the file opens quickly in Vista.
>>>
>>> The machines are Dell and I have checked for the latest available
>>> graphics drivers.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how to correct the problem are welcome.
>>>
>>> Jerry M.Wright
>>
>>
>

Thanks for that! It solves my problem. I tried to post a threa
request titled Powerpoint 2007 not responding. I use Vista and PPT 200
on a Toshiba A200 laptop with plenty of grunt. Even so, PPT slowed to
crawl. When I followed the suggestion, posted above, to delete th
printer (in my laptop's set-up it was an old printer) PPT operate
properly again.
And to think that I have spent 4 hours agonising over this! Now it al
seems so simple.

Thanks again.
BTW I can't find my thread so I guess in my extreme tiredness an
frustration I didn't manage to post it properly

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"w0zzy1" <> wrote in message news:...
>
> Thanks for that! It solves my problem. I tried to post a thread
> request titled Powerpoint 2007 not responding. I use Vista and PPT 2007
> on a Toshiba A200 laptop with plenty of grunt. Even so, PPT slowed to a
> crawl. When I followed the suggestion, posted above, to delete the
> printer (in my laptop's set-up it was an old printer) PPT operated
> properly again.
> And to think that I have spent 4 hours agonising over this! Now it all
> seems so simple.
>
> Thanks again.
> BTW I can't find my thread so I guess in my extreme tiredness and
> frustration I didn't manage to post it properly.
>
>
> --
> w0zzy1
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

And by not including the original message in your reply, no one else got the benefit of the fix.

Hi there, Richard in AZ,

Sorry about not including the original message... I am not experience
at the best way to contribute to these threads. I had thought it woul
be fairly obvious in the body of my posting, but that shows wha
tiredness does.

Here's the bit of the thread that got me thinking about a solution, se
the quotation below. My problem wasn't quite the same as Jerry
Wright's problem, but removing the old printer setting as per th
suggestion in the thread above is what solved the slowness of PPT 2007.

"Jerry M. Wright" <> wrote in message
news:9026911A-E1D0-431E-AD1A-...
> It was the printer. Removing it fixed the problem with opening time.

I hope that helps.
To make it absolutely clear: I went into "Control Panel", the
"Printers and Faxes" and then I deleted the old printer that was showin
up there. Everything was back at full speed after that

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