MS Publisher 2003 irritatingly freezing all the time

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the real issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a text box to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big, it is 245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers

By the way I forgot to add
I already tried disabling my video card acceleration and nothing changed at
all.

"Yannick" wrote:

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the real issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a text box to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big, it is 245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers

Did you check to see if there is a newer video/graphic driver available? Do you
have a default printer selected?

Right-click My Computer, Disconnect network drive...

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
By the way I forgot to add
I already tried disabling my video card acceleration and nothing changed at
all.

"Yannick" wrote:

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the real issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a text box to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big, it is 245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers

Hey Mary, thanks for replying
just in case, I downloaded and installed the latest driver for my graphic
card. I also disconnected all network drives, and it did not change anything.
stll having publisher freezing on me all the time.
Yes I do have a default printer ? do you mean I need to deselect all my
printers ? or is there a specific type of printer that I need to setup as
default ??



"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Did you check to see if there is a newer video/graphic driver available? Do you
have a default printer selected?

Right-click My Computer, Disconnect network drive...

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
By the way I forgot to add
I already tried disabling my video card acceleration and nothing changed at
all.

"Yannick" wrote:

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the real issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a text box to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big, it is 245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers

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/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
Hey Mary, thanks for replying
just in case, I downloaded and installed the latest driver for my graphic
card. I also disconnected all network drives, and it did not change anything.
stll having publisher freezing on me all the time.
Yes I do have a default printer ? do you mean I need to deselect all my
printers ? or is there a specific type of printer that I need to setup as
default ??



"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Did you check to see if there is a newer video/graphic driver available? Do
you
have a default printer selected?

Right-click My Computer, Disconnect network drive...

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
By the way I forgot to add
I already tried disabling my video card acceleration and nothing changed at
all.

"Yannick" wrote:

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a
Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the real
issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a text box
to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big, it is
245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers

Mary
the printer that is currently default is a printer that is working and I
print to it everyday. Do you mean that even though the printer is working,
Publisher will still act crazy t ? anyways I will try it right now and let
you know

Cheers

"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/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
Hey Mary, thanks for replying
just in case, I downloaded and installed the latest driver for my graphic
card. I also disconnected all network drives, and it did not change anything.
stll having publisher freezing on me all the time.
Yes I do have a default printer ? do you mean I need to deselect all my
printers ? or is there a specific type of printer that I need to setup as
default ??



"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Did you check to see if there is a newer video/graphic driver available? Do
you
have a default printer selected?

Right-click My Computer, Disconnect network drive...

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
By the way I forgot to add
I already tried disabling my video card acceleration and nothing changed at
all.

"Yannick" wrote:

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a
Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the real
issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a text box
to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big, it is
245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers

I have the following printers installed :
- Adobe pdf (used for converting to pdf)
- Brother HL-6050N
-Canon iR C5185 ( this is the DEFault)
- Microsoft Image Writer
- Microsoft XPS Document Writer
- PostScript Files (actually and Apple LaserWriter 8500)

I changed the default printer several times between these printers with no
luck.

"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/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
Hey Mary, thanks for replying
just in case, I downloaded and installed the latest driver for my graphic
card. I also disconnected all network drives, and it did not change anything.
stll having publisher freezing on me all the time.
Yes I do have a default printer ? do you mean I need to deselect all my
printers ? or is there a specific type of printer that I need to setup as
default ??



"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Did you check to see if there is a newer video/graphic driver available? Do
you
have a default printer selected?

Right-click My Computer, Disconnect network drive...

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
By the way I forgot to add
I already tried disabling my video card acceleration and nothing changed at
all.

"Yannick" wrote:

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a
Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the real
issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a text box
to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big, it is
245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers

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/

Forget the original problem for now; create a simple document in Publisher
NOT using elements from the problem file and see if you can print that.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression






"Yannick" wrote in message
...
I have the following printers installed :
- Adobe pdf (used for converting to pdf)
- Brother HL-6050N
-Canon iR C5185 ( this is the DEFault)
- Microsoft Image Writer
- Microsoft XPS Document Writer
- PostScript Files (actually and Apple LaserWriter 8500)

I changed the default printer several times between these printers with no
luck.

"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/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
Hey Mary, thanks for replying
just in case, I downloaded and installed the latest driver for my
graphic
card. I also disconnected all network drives, and it did not change
anything.
stll having publisher freezing on me all the time.
Yes I do have a default printer ? do you mean I need to deselect all my
printers ? or is there a specific type of printer that I need to setup
as
default ??



"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Did you check to see if there is a newer video/graphic driver
available? Do
you
have a default printer selected?

Right-click My Computer, Disconnect network drive...

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
By the way I forgot to add
I already tried disabling my video card acceleration and nothing
changed at
all.

"Yannick" wrote:

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a
Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the
real
issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a
text box
to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text
box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to
kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big,
it is
245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the
previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher
document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the
program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers

I tried and I can print that indeed. but the initial issue was not that I
could not print a Publisher document. the issue was that Publisher is
freezing on me every time I want to edit a text box. Then Mary suggested
that it could be caused by a malfunctoning printer driver.
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 ? what
could cause a Publisher file to be corrupted ?

"Rob Giordano [MS MVP]" wrote:

Forget the original problem for now; create a simple document in Publisher
NOT using elements from the problem file and see if you can print that.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression






"Yannick" wrote in message
...
I have the following printers installed :
- Adobe pdf (used for converting to pdf)
- Brother HL-6050N
-Canon iR C5185 ( this is the DEFault)
- Microsoft Image Writer
- Microsoft XPS Document Writer
- PostScript Files (actually and Apple LaserWriter 8500)

I changed the default printer several times between these printers with no
luck.

"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/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
Hey Mary, thanks for replying
just in case, I downloaded and installed the latest driver for my
graphic
card. I also disconnected all network drives, and it did not change
anything.
stll having publisher freezing on me all the time.
Yes I do have a default printer ? do you mean I need to deselect all my
printers ? or is there a specific type of printer that I need to setup
as
default ??



"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Did you check to see if there is a newer video/graphic driver
available? Do
you
have a default printer selected?

Right-click My Computer, Disconnect network drive...

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Yannick" wrote in message
...
By the way I forgot to add
I already tried disabling my video card acceleration and nothing
changed at
all.

"Yannick" wrote:

Hi everyone
I am running into a very frustrating issue with Publisher. I am a
Publisher
first time user. I am running Win XP with Office 2003 on it.
I can open Publisher files (with some delay but that is not the
real
issue)
but whenever I try to edit it, for example, I double click on a
text box
to
edit it, the program freezes, sometimes it allows me in the text
box after
about 5-10 minutes of freeze, sometimes it does not and I have to
kill the
process from Task Manager.
I initially thought that the problem was that my file was too big,
it is
245
MB. So I created another publisher file, copied one page from the
previous
document to the new one (So basically I have a new publisher
document with
ONE page). I double click on the text box to edit it, then the
program
freezes again. I can tell you this is very frustrating.
ANY HELP would be welcome and very much appreciated.

Cheers