On 3/16/04 10:25 PM, in article BC7D2F3D.5C14F%berkowit@spoof_silcom.com,
"Paul Berkowitz" <berkowit RemoveThis @spoof_silcom.com> wrote:
>> I have been experiencing a problem with Entourage and Word that is
>> extremely frustrating, and have been unable to find a fix. I have
>> removed the MS Office suite and re-installed - and brought all SW up
>> to current maintenance levels - but no relief has been found. I am
>> hoping that one of the specialists that reviews this forum may have
>> some ideas on how to identify the issue and provide a fix.
>>
>> Symptoms:
>> Acivity Monitor shows the Database Deamon active and consuming a
>> steady 90% CPU Utilization. The virtual memory associated with the
>> Database Daemon process continues to increase gradually.
>>
>> After about 1 hour the system begins to work - utilization of the
>> Database Daemon returns to (what I assume is) normal. Sometimes the
>> Database Daemon actually hangs. Once the system begins to work, it
>> will continue to work until the next shutdown/restart when the process
>> begins again with the first use of Word.
>>
>> I thought the issue might be related to the size of the Entourage
>> database (was approx. 1.9GB...) however after reducing the DB size to
>> ~450MB the problem still persists. What could the Database Deamon be
>> doing???
>
> How many contacts do you have? Word continually (every 5 minutes, I think)
> checks the database to update its AutoText entries for contacts, and due to
> a bug I think you can get nine copies of each. If you have thousands of
> contacts, this is going to consume lots of CPU. I'm trying to recall if
> there's a way of turning this off: I think you need to use a startup macro
> in Word X. I'm cross-posting to the Word newsgroup. If you go there, MVP
> John McGhie might see it and supply his macro for you.
>
> This is something that has been complained about so much, I think there's a
> good chance that Microsoft might fix it for Office 2004. When it's released,
> ask here for someone to check it out.
Here's the macro Paul mentioned. John McGhie advises that you logout and
log back in (or restart) after running it.
Sub DelContacts()
' Removes Contacts from Normal Template
' Macro written July 4 2002 by John McGhie
Dim anAutoText As AutoTextEntry
Dim i As Integer
For Each anAutoText In Application.NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries
If Left(anAutoText.Value, 9) = "* CONTACT" Then
anAutoText.Delete
i = i + 1
End If
Next anAutoText
StatusBar = Str(i) & " contacts deleted"
End Sub
Hope this helps.
--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP
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