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t muraoka <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:15:01 +0200
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Dear Erik,
I should have added in my reply to you that I happen to have NW Pro version
2. I don't use it daily. Even with this newer version I get this same nasty
problem.

Takamitsu


On 15/04/2013 20:42, "Erik Richard Sørensen" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello...
> 
> I can confirm Takamitsu's problem. I have the same now I've updated to
> NWP 1.4.2 on my G5 (OS X 10.5.8). It takes 'hours' to open even just a
> 2-page document. The beachball is spinning and spinning... It nearly
> doesn't matter if the doucment is 2 pages or 100 pages.
> 
> When I switch to OS X 10.4.11 on the same G5 with NWP 1.4.1 there are
> no problems opening even huge files containing heavy formatting such
> like +50 page tables etc..
> 
> Opening a new file is very fast both with NWP 1.4.1 aqnd 1.4.2 in both
> OS X 10.4.11 as well as 10.5.8.
> 
> Cheers, Erik Richard
> 
> B=C Andrus skrev den 15.04.2013 20:09:
>> Takamitsu,
>> 
>> That sounds like the dread rainbow-colored spinning pizza or
>> beach-ball,
>> which is the indicator that the computer is doing something that takes
>> more than a moment. But of course the real question is what causing
>> it?
>> 
>> Does it happen on every file you try to work on? Only on large or
>> complex files? Does it happen for merely opening the file, or when you
>> begin to edit, or when it perhaps automatically saves the file in the
>> background? With a new file you create and start to type with?
>> 
>> What is your history with Nisus? Have you been able to work with it
>> fine
>> in the past, and have existing files, or are you trying to start using
>> it
>> now?
>> 
>> Do you have a slow computer? (model and specs would help in that
>> arena).
>> 
>> 
>> It would be expected that only certain tasks would cause this to
>> happen,
>> and the tasks that trigger it would be a clue to the cause and
>> possible
>> solutions.
>> 
>> Not much help, but maybe questions to smoke out the problem?
>> 
>> Ben, in Montana
>> __________________________________________________
>> 
>> On 2013 Apr 15 Mon, at 11:18 am, t muraoka wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello everybody,
>>> 
>>> I wonder if any of you could help me.
>>> 
>>> When I start working on a NW file, a multi-coloured sunflower-like
>>> thing appears and starts revolving, which seems to last for ages. So
>>> long as it's turning round, I can't work on the file. Does anyone
>>> know
>>> what this is and how can I stop this or get rid of this sunflower?
>>> It's a real nuisance.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Takamitsu

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