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MS Publisher 2003 irritatingly freezing all the time
Do a "Detect and Repair" in the help menu. Do you have the third service pack
installed? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "Yannick" wrote in message ... One thing I have noticed is that, whenever I change the default driver, Publisher is not taking it. I changed the default driver several times, and when I open a publisher document and I go File-Print the default printer shows "Adobe pdf". I have verified with other programs like Word and Excel, and they recognize the new default printers as I change it, but Publisher does not. what is up with that. I know at some point I disabled the aAdobe pdf plug-in in Publisher thinking that it would solve the issue. "Mary Sauer" wrote: Sometimes Publisher will slow down if the printer driver isn't responding. Do you have another printer installed? There are generic printers such as the Image Writer or the Color PS for Commercial Printing you can install, they should be on your computer. If you select a different printer in the Printer Folder does Publisher run faster? You may need an updated driver. It is always best to completely remove a driver before installing/reinstalling. How to clean up printer drivers http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ |
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MS Publisher 2003 irritatingly freezing all the time
Yes I had done "detect and repair" as I read it somewhere.
I also installed the SP3 for Office 2003 still getting the same result. "Mary Sauer" wrote: Do a "Detect and Repair" in the help menu. Do you have the third service pack installed? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "Yannick" wrote in message ... One thing I have noticed is that, whenever I change the default driver, Publisher is not taking it. I changed the default driver several times, and when I open a publisher document and I go File-Print the default printer shows "Adobe pdf". I have verified with other programs like Word and Excel, and they recognize the new default printers as I change it, but Publisher does not. what is up with that. I know at some point I disabled the aAdobe pdf plug-in in Publisher thinking that it would solve the issue. "Mary Sauer" wrote: Sometimes Publisher will slow down if the printer driver isn't responding. Do you have another printer installed? There are generic printers such as the Image Writer or the Color PS for Commercial Printing you can install, they should be on your computer. If you select a different printer in the Printer Folder does Publisher run faster? You may need an updated driver. It is always best to completely remove a driver before installing/reinstalling. How to clean up printer drivers http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ |
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MS Publisher 2003 irritatingly freezing all the time
Yannick wrote:
if I create a document from scratch, yes I have no problem, I can edit the text boxes fine. So could it be that something in my file corrupted it ? That seems highly likely. what could cause a Publisher file to be corrupted ? Many things; try copying and pasting individual elements from the original publication into the new publication until the problem rears its head. Then you'll be able to copy all content over except for the problem item, which you'll need to recreate. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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MS Publisher 2003 irritatingly freezing all the time
Hi
I was so frustrated that I went to see my IT department. they gave me the 2007 publisher version. Boy what a difference, nice and smooth, faster, more stable. everyone out there on Publisher 2003, upgrade to Publisher 2007, it's worth it. My only problem now is that I have a lot of Visio 2003 document in my publisher files. with Publisher 2003 I used to be able to double click on the Visio diagram and it would allow me to modify it on the spot. with Publisher 2007, when I do that, it lets me into the diagram, but when I am done modifying it and I come back to the Publisher file, it gives out an error and publisher crashes and restarts with a blank page. what I am doing now is copying the diagram, then pasting it to Visio 2003, do the modifications, then copy it back to Publisher. Cheers "Mary Sauer" wrote: Do a "Detect and Repair" in the help menu. Do you have the third service pack installed? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "Yannick" wrote in message ... One thing I have noticed is that, whenever I change the default driver, Publisher is not taking it. I changed the default driver several times, and when I open a publisher document and I go File-Print the default printer shows "Adobe pdf". I have verified with other programs like Word and Excel, and they recognize the new default printers as I change it, but Publisher does not. what is up with that. I know at some point I disabled the aAdobe pdf plug-in in Publisher thinking that it would solve the issue. "Mary Sauer" wrote: Sometimes Publisher will slow down if the printer driver isn't responding. Do you have another printer installed? There are generic printers such as the Image Writer or the Color PS for Commercial Printing you can install, they should be on your computer. If you select a different printer in the Printer Folder does Publisher run faster? You may need an updated driver. It is always best to completely remove a driver before installing/reinstalling. How to clean up printer drivers http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ |
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MS Publisher 2003 irritatingly freezing all the time
I think I spoke too soon. yesterday everything was fine. but today, back to
exactly what Publisher 2003 used to behave. unable to click in a text box to edit it. The only difference is that at least with Publisher 2007 I can still move from page to page, but as soon as I try to modify a text box, I get locked up. freezing all the time. I don't know what to think anymore of this Microsoft software !!!!!! |
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MS Publisher 2003 irritatingly freezing all the time
It is not the software. Do a disk clean-up. Right-click the hard drive,
properties, click disk clean up. I'd keep my Office setup files. It may take a few minutes to populate. How much RAM do you have? Have you thought about increasing your virtual memory? (Swap file) Does your hard drive have plenty of free space? Also be sure you *Disconnect Network drive* when you right click My Computer. -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "Yannick" wrote in message ... I think I spoke too soon. yesterday everything was fine. but today, back to exactly what Publisher 2003 used to behave. unable to click in a text box to edit it. The only difference is that at least with Publisher 2007 I can still move from page to page, but as soon as I try to modify a text box, I get locked up. freezing all the time. I don't know what to think anymore of this Microsoft software !!!!!! |
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MS Publisher 2003 irritatingly freezing all the time
HURRAY
I finally fixed it for good. after countless hours of troubleshooting and trying weird stuff, I noticed that my master page had several pictures that were not grouped together. I actually did not think that it could be a problem, but just to try I grouped all the different objects together, and I can tell you, after that, my file has been lightning fast. Another thing that I noticed is that my file size changed dramatically after I did that. my file was 270MB before I grouped all the objects in my master page, and it dropped to 160MB after I did that. I guess it is normal since I have grouped objects into one for many pages. So I am thinking, why is it that I had to group objects together in my master page for it to work, it should be left to people's choice to decide if they want to group or ungroup the objects anywhere in a document (is it a bug maybe ? ). Anyways everything works fine for me now, thanks a lot for all your suggestions !!! CHEERS |
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