Interesting... I've tried this on two different machines and have the same problem as vdivito.

Both machines run XP.

One machine, a 3Ghz machine, running Word 2002, roughly takes 4 seconds per iteration.

The second machine, a PIII 500mHz running Word 2003, takes about 5 seconds per interation.

Sorry, no help to offer, but curious how some machines are affected while others are not.