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In article <cradom-1112961531180001@news.iamerica.net>,
cradom@iamerica.net (Sandtiger) wrote:

>In article <AED4424C966823ECB@quadra1.demon.co.uk>, nospam@tamuchly.com
>(Phil Read) wrote:
>
>//I have 500k Excel doc which normally opens as fast as Excel does, albeit
>//slowly. Just recently Excel opens and draws the window of the file but
>//takes ages to actually deliver all the figures etc. If I open the file
>//after having opened Excel then it opens in the blink of an eye. There is
>//plenty of memory made available to it so this can't be the problem. I have
>//just reinstalled the system software, Excel and the rest of my extensions
>//etc. and lo and behold it opens fine again but after a while its back to go
>//slow again. it doesn't appear to affect any other programs except maybe
>//Filemaker is a bit slow opening. Any ideas?

Do you have Excel loading any AddIns when it starts up? This
can really slow down the Excel startup process (and may slow
loading of files as well). Excel is always a little slow
responding to the user just after it has started; it seems to
be loading code fragments or something to deal with user 
interaction.

Simon

In article <smfr-1112962202090001@simon.santafe.edu>, smfr@santafe.edu
(Simon Fraser) wrote:

> In article <cradom-1112961531180001@news.iamerica.net>,
> cradom@iamerica.net (Sandtiger) wrote:
> 
> >In article <AED4424C966823ECB@quadra1.demon.co.uk>, nospam@tamuchly.com
> >(Phil Read) wrote:
> >
> >//I have 500k Excel doc which normally opens as fast as Excel does, albeit
> >//slowly. Just recently Excel opens and draws the window of the file but
> >//takes ages to actually deliver all the figures etc. If I open the file
> >//after having opened Excel then it opens in the blink of an eye. There is
> >//plenty of memory made available to it so this can't be the problem. I have
> >//just reinstalled the system software, Excel and the rest of my extensions
> >//etc. and lo and behold it opens fine again but after a while its back to go
> >//slow again. it doesn't appear to affect any other programs except maybe
> >//Filemaker is a bit slow opening. Any ideas?
> 
> Do you have Excel loading any AddIns when it starts up? This
> can really slow down the Excel startup process (and may slow
> loading of files as well). Excel is always a little slow
> responding to the user just after it has started; it seems to
> be loading code fragments or something to deal with user 
> interaction.
> 
> Simon

Sounds like disk fragmentation.

Damned news server is acting up again--posted anonymously.

Regards,

Joe Ragosta

In article <AED4424C966823ECB@quadra1.demon.co.uk>,
nospam@tamuchly.com (Phil Read) wrote:

>Subject: MS Excel slight problem?
>From: Phil Read
>Organization: Hollis and Son
>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:49:48 +0000
>Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac,comp.sys.mac.apps
>
>A slight problem with Excel?
>
>I have 500k Excel doc which normally opens as fast as Excel does, albeit
>slowly. Just recently Excel opens and draws the window of the file but
>takes ages to actually deliver all the figures etc. If I open the file
>after having opened Excel then it opens in the blink of an eye. There is
>plenty of memory made available to it so this can't be the problem. I have
>just reinstalled the system software, Excel and the rest of my extensions
>etc. and lo and behold it opens fine again but after a while its back to go
>slow again. it doesn't appear to affect any other programs except maybe
>Filemaker is a bit slow opening. Any ideas?
>
>TIA
>
>

Fixed it :-). When I installed CorelDraw it dumped loads of fonts in my
System Folder. Poxy installers that don't tell you exactly what they are
going to do.