Microsoft Word Takes Longer to Launch After Installing MathType
The information in this document applies to:
Issue
After installing MathType, users with older computers report that launching
Microsoft Word takes longer than it did previously.
Reason
When MathType is installed, it places an add-in in your designated Microsoft Word Startup folder. The
add-in contains macros that add commands and toolbar buttons (Or MathType
Ribbon) into Microsoft
Word that help integrate MathType more fully into Microsoft Word. These macros
are loaded when you launch Word.
The longer launch time for Microsoft Word is because MathType's add-in causes
Word to load Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) which is a
technology on which the add-in relies. While this is the normal behavior, if the
majority of the work you do in Microsoft Word does not contain mathematical
expressions, you may want to simply disabled the MathType commands from Word.
Solution
You can disable and likewise enable the MathType add-in while Word is running
with no need to remove or reinstall. The following instructions provide
information on how to do that.
- Word 2003
- Choose Tools>Templates and Add-ins.
- In the list of currently active templates,
uncheck the box next to
MathType Commands 6 for Word.dot.
- Click OK.
- The MathType add-in will now be disabled
temporarily.
- To reactivate the add-in, choose
Tools>Templates and Add-ins, check the box next
to
MathType Commands 6 for Word.dot
and click OK.
- Word 2007
- From the Office Button choose Word Options
- Along the left pane of the resulting window
click on Add-Ins
- At the bottom of the window, next to
"Manage" use the drop-down menu to choose Word
Ad-Ins and click Go
- In the list of currently active templates,
uncheck the box next to
MathType Commands 6 for Word.dotm .
- To re-activate the add-in follow the steps
detailed here but place a check next to
MathType Commands 6 for Word.dotm.
- Word 2010 and later (Windows)
- From the File menu choose Options
- Along the left pane of the resulting window
click on Add-Ins
- At the bottom of the window, next to
"Manage" use the drop-down menu to choose Word
Add-ins and click Go
- In the list of currently active templates,
uncheck the box next to
MathType Commands 6 for Word 201#.dotm .
- To re-activate the add-in follow the steps
detailed here but place a check next to
MathType Commands 6 for Word 201#.dotm.
- Word 2011
- From the Tools menu choose Templates and Add-Ins.
- In the list of Global Templates and Add-Ins, uncheck the
boxes to the left of MathType Commands.dot and
wordcmds.dot, then click OK.
- To re-activate the add-in, follow the steps detailed
here but place a check next to MathType Commands.dot
and wordcmds.dot.
Getting This Problem Addressed by Microsoft
It's important for Microsoft’s customers to report their experience of this
problem so that Microsoft can appreciate how widespread it is and appreciate the
need to devote their programming resources toward resolving it. We’ve reported
the details of this issue, including sample documents to Microsoft, and we
encourage all users who experience this problem to do the same.
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