Feb 24, 2009

Microsoft Word / EndNote slow downs

If you experience serious slow downs/lags while using Word with Endnote, try the following two steps:
  1. In Word 2002 (XP)/2003, select Tools / EndNote / Cite While You Write Preferences.
    In Word 2007, go to the "Add-ins" tab and EndNote / Cite While You Write Preferences.

  2. Uncheck the two boxes labeled "Scan for temporary citations" and "Check for citation changes".
Note that this does not disable Instant Formatting or Cite While You Write. It simply alters the way Instant Formatting works so that the functions that trigger the lag issue are not invoked

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15 comments:

Unknown said...

Thank you! This suggestion has worked great for me--no more lags when switching windows, etc. I am running Word 2007 and EndNote X2 with Vista 64-bit.

Aprotim said...
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Aprotim said...

Aye, it seems to work for Word 2003 and Endnote 9 with XP 64-bit too.

So it's a pretty generic solution I guess!

Thank you very much indeed! :-)

Unknown said...

Thank you.
I almost change my OS to Win XP.

Matt Bruno said...

I'm using windows 7 and office 2007. Changing these preferences didn't make any difference.

Unknown said...

Worked great for me. I'm using office 07 on a x64 windows 7 machine.

This bug fix eliminated all slow operation of my win7.

Thanks!

André Santos said...

Thanks a lot!!! Unfreezing my vista.

Bingkisan Surabaya said...
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Bingkisan Surabaya said...

Word 2007 working well thank you very much

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

I was having many many problems running word while instant formatting was on (even after doing what the authors suggested in the post).

After disabling instant formatting, everything was solved

eve var said...

Thanks a lot for the tip, this solves the problem. I am running Word 2007 and EndNote 9 with Vista 64-bit.

Ken said...

I needed a different solution to solve my issue. I had a previous version of endnote (was using 9 now using X3) with word 2007 and I noticed that under the add-ins it still had 2 from version 9. I just found their location and deleted the two files, and everything worked from then on.

Unknown said...

Thanks a lot! This saved me throwing my computer out of the window.

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