I’m might be a year late in getting my Microsoft Office suite software updated to the 2013 version, but I finally did it. And as of right now, I like the interface better than the 2010 version. There isn’t too much of a change to the UI, but the aesthetics is different and has changed to a flat design. As for functionality, all of the things I use to format books or create documents are still there and in the same layout.
However, there was a major issue that I ran into while using this program. Before the fix I mention below, there was so much lag that I almost ditched Word all together. Google drive has issues with long documents but the lag Word was producing was horrendous. Thankfully, there is a solution.
The Word 2013 Lag Fix
- Open up your lovely 2013 Word program.
- Wait for the Start Screen to load (enjoy the flat design if you’re into that style) and click on the Blank Document option. Anything to get you to a new document screen will work. We need to get to the tabs.
- Once the document is loaded, click on File (in your menu of tabs) and then scroll down/click on Options at the end of the sidebar.
- Wait for the Options window to load. Click on Advanced on the sidebar (of the new options window).
- Scroll down until you fine the Display section.
- Check off the box: Disable hardware graphics acceleration.
Now you’ll have a Lag free Word 2013.
Update (10/01/14): I went back to word 2010. The new version was prettier, but the performance was extremely unstable on my computer. I also didn’t use any new functionality features, so there wasn’t much of a point to the upgrade. As for my computer, it’s Windows 7 with 4 gigs of ram — this isn’t by any means a beast of a computer, but it should be enough to run Office 2013 without issue.
