Apparently, Word didn’t like the fact the video cards were trying to handle the graphics. I finally figured out the problem, and it had to do with my video cards. I closed all other programs and that didn’t help. It felt like the CPU was pegged, but it wasn’t… although Word was using more than its fair share of CPU time.

I ran a repair through Control Panel > Programs and that didn’t help. So, I did deep scan, and nothing was found. My first thought was I had a virus of some sort. And, of course, I was already running behind. Of course, this happened right in the middle of a huge project with very, very tight deadlines.

Sometimes 2-3 seconds, other times as much as 45 seconds or more. It would take a while for the characters to appear in the document. When I typed something in a Word document – whether it’s a blank document, a document created from a template, or an existing document – I experienced incredible lag. I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why I was experiencing so much lag when typing in Word 2013.

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