You might look at your autosave options. It's in the file menu under options. It might be set to auto save every one or two minutes. Just a suggestion.

Jon

> On Aug 15, 2014, at 7:45 AM, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Sometimes Word is very sluggish. I'm using windows 8.1, Jaws 15, and Word 2013, but I've had this problem with other versions of OS, screen reader, and Office.
> 
> Basically, everything is laggy. If I'm typing quickly, a few letters or even words get skipped. If I'm reviewing the text, there's a pause of one to two seconds between the keystroke and the spoken feedback. If I'm moving through the text quickly, like when I repeatedly press ctrl+right-arrow, the pause between the last press of the keys and the beginning of speech may be as much as five to ten seconds. It's almost as if the computer were saving a very large file in the background or running an intense virus scan.
> 
> The interesting thing is that, if I switch to another program, like email or the web browser, the other program behaves normally. Then when I switch back to Word, things slow down again.
> 
> This doesn't happen consistently, and it happens with both large and small files and on both my desktop and my laptop. It's annoying at the best of times. It's even more annoying when I'm using my computer to lecture.
> 
> I'm wondering if Word is doing something I'm not aware of, redrawing the screen, showing animations, etc. I've gone through the settings, and nothing is jumping out at me. I haven't had the problem with NVDA, so I'm wondering if it's a Jaws+Word issue, but then again, I don't use NVDA as often in Word, so this could easily be coincidence.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas about what may be happening? The sighted people I've asked haven't noticed anything special on the screen.
> 
> Ciao
> 
> 
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