The version I use is MS Word 2003 (bundled with the Suite and all the other programs work and open normally, i.e.
I thought it was me being impatient until I watched my husband's computer Word opened immediately upon his mouse click.
It doesn't matter whether I open from a document name itself or from the program icon, it will take approximately 45-60 seconds to open the program.
I have noticed over the past several days that Microsoft Word is very slow to open.
