Thread: [Solved] Linked fields in Word with Excel are loading slowly when both files are on a network share.
View Single Post
 
Old 11-03-2016, 12:42 PM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline Windows 7 64bit Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
  
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,963
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default
Without the registry patch, Word opens the Excel file for every link, regardless of where the Excel file is stored. On a local drive, this can happen so fast Word doesn't have time to report it. Properly implemented, the patch should result in Word opening each Excel file only once, in your case meaning only the initial network latency delay will be incurred.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote