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What causes Word documents to open slowly?
There are times when opening a document in Word can be slow. For instance, if the document is quite large, or if it contains a lot of complex graphics, if it contains a lot of linked data from other sources, or if you have saved it quite often with Word’s Fast Save feature turned on.
If you are having issues with documents opening in the browser or client by default, you may need to change the library setting. To do this, navigate to the Library having issues > Gear Icon (in the upper right corner) > Library Settings > Advanced settings > Opening Documents in the Browser.
How do I speed up a big Word document?
Speeding Up Document Display
- Make sure you are viewing your document in either Normal or Outline view.
- Choose Options from the Tools menu. Word displays the Options dialog box.
- Make sure the View tab is selected. (See Figure 1.)
- Make sure the Draft Font check box is selected.
- Click on OK.
Why is my document not opening in SharePoint?
If the issue happens with Open with Explorer or View in File Explorer, see Open in Explorer or View with File Explorer. Some problems occur because of differences in versions of SharePoint server and Office. If you can’t get it to work, try downloading the file and seeing if you can open it locally.
How to slow down the opening of office documents?
Under the IE (presuming this is the dominant default browser) Select -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> Local intranet -> Sites -> Advanced and make sure your SharePoint domain is in the list of approved sites.
In your browser, click Save, and then Open folder to open the folder where the file is located. Right-click the file in the desktop folder, and then click Open With. Choose the app you want to use. If the file hasn’t been assigned, it will pop up a dialog to select one. If the app isn’t on the list, click Choose another app.
The first is manageable by the end-user and that has to do with setting or confirming you have the proper trust relationship for your Browser to communicate with SharePoint.