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> Whenever I use Stata while MS Word is open I find typing in the do file
> editor becomes excruciatingly slow. When I close Word normal service is
> resumed. I have searched around for solutions but to no avail.
>
> I am on Stata 11MP, Windows 7 64 bit, 8Gb ram.
>
> Incidentally, I also notice a slight degradation in performance when
> Word and Notepad are open and I am typing in Notepad - although not to
> the same extent as that seen in Stata - suggesting this is not Stata
> specific.
almost surely a cure:
http://www.openoffice.org/
Kit Baum | Boston College Economics & DIW Berlin | http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Stata Programming | http://www.stata-press.com/books/isp.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata | http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html
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