My specs for Vista happiness are:
ANY dual core CPU, 2GB RAM and for video speed, any video card from the last 2 years. Onboard video is not good for top speed.
Your machine fails to meet the "happiness" for Vista so the first idea would be to tell Word not to display that graphic. However running Vista on half the RAM and half the number of CPUs is going to frustrate many.
Bob
I am setting up word templates for my work. I have inserted a full page background image (45k) into the first page header of the template. The "Different First Page" box is checked.
This image causes MAJOR slow down of word. The type lag is so bad it makes the template useless. When I take the image out things go back to normal. I tried inserting a different image (1 png file & 1 gif file) and got the same result...MAJOR slow down. When I use one of words built in Header w/image it works fine.
How do I insert an image into my header without creating slowdown?
Specs:
Word 2007 * Windows Vista (32-bit) * Pentium 4 3GHz * 1 GB RAM

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