I have exactly the same situation!!! I too have spent many many hours and
google can't help with the search. Please assist to save my sanity.

"TDT Consulting" wrote:

> I have who has Office Small Business XP. When she opens a document it starts
> calculating word count and stops her from typing. When it's a large document
> it is very slow and it continues over and over again. Very unproductive.
> How do we turn this off or change it? Other systems in the office are
> running XP Pro and do not have this problem. I have spent hours searching
> for a solution. Please help!