I use a linked template between Word and Excel that I think is running very inefficiently. I have the word set as a Word Macro-Enabled Document, same with the Excel, and when I perform a simple CTRL+S, it crashes/does not respond 50% of the time.

Also, the mouse pointer is constantly flickering and spinning so it seems like there are lots of background processes going on that are slowing the doc down.

Operating on Windows 8 / Word 10

Any ideas?