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How can I prevent Word/Excel from trying to reach the printer?

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Mar 15, 202644952 views
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Whenever I perform certain operations in Word or Excel (2007), these applications are trying to reach the printer. I work on a laptop at work and at home. When I'm at home (not connected to my work's printer), I sometimes have to wait many seconds for Word/Excel to become responsive after performin…

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My default printer is the PDF printer installed via CutePDF, which is free :) As long as I have a local printer defined, and it's default, everything's fine. I've seen the exact behavior you describe when switching fonts, and I think it's because so…

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