Small but irritating problem with Office 2002


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #1

    Small but irritating problem with Office 2002


    Hi, all! I came here for help with a more serious issue which I posted about in the General forum, but while I'm here, I might as well ask another question that's been bugging me.

    I still use Office 2002 most of the time. It seems to work fine with newer versions of Windows, but there's one little glitch that bugs me - opening or closing the "Find and Replace" dialog box is very slow. On Windows XP, it would pop up more or less instantaneously. Since I upgraded to Vista, it crawls up the screen over the course of several seconds, and back down again when I close it. This behaviour has remained the same under Windows 7, even on an otherwise much faster and more powerful machine than I ever ran XP on.

    Anyone know a fix, or at least an explanation, for this issue?
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  2. Posts : 2,663
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #2

    Hello jheikkinen and welcome to the forums

    I've never heard of this before and I can't seem to find anything that vaguely resembles your problem elsewhere on the internet.

    Have you considered upgrading to a more recent version of MS Office? If you are eligible for a student discount then you can pick up a copy of MS Office Pro Plus 2010 for £37.89 from here:

    Microsoft Office Student Offer 2010 Home Software Download UK | Software4Students.co.uk

    I know people are hesitant about buying software (or in fact anything) from unknown websites, so here's proof that its a reputable seller:

    Microsoft UK Education - Students - Software4Students

    Tom
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  3. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #3

    Hello jheikkinen and welcome!

    Have you tried running Office 2002 in Compatibility Mode?

    Compatibility Mode
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  4. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    The site in question only ships to UK addresses. I'm in Canada. In any case, I do have a much newer version of Office, in both the Home & Student and Professional editions (the latter was a gift from someone with some Microsoft connections). I don't care for them, in particular the "ribbon" interface makes me want to burn things.

    Compatibility mode didn't change anything made things worse rather than better - the same problem still occurs, and in addition, it prevented me from opening documents by clicking on them, as opposed to doing so from within Word.

    Any other suggestions?
    Last edited by jheikkinen; 22 May 2011 at 01:53.
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