[Laggy Publisher]

Thank you for the responses.  

Bryce, I changed the Display setting to Metal and that seems to help.  I think your second suggestion gets to the root of the issue.  I dropped an 11x17 PDF with floor plans drawings on an 11x17 page.  I planned to add text in Publisher to the line drawings.  I do not think the application liked having that large file placed as a background.  I wonder if I had exported the drawings as .jpg images it would have been better.  However, I wanted the title block around the perimeter of the drawing too.  When I started a new document as you suggested, text boxes appeared to perform fine.  Use will tell.  Thanks again.

Callum, Hello!

Cheers.

[Laggy Publisher]

Using Publisher (latest version) on a MacBook Pro.  The software is incredibly laggy and even kicks in the discrete graphics card for simple operations.  I type in text boxes and do not see text for 3-4 seconds.  I try to move text boxes and they slowly move across the page.  I just ran spell check and got the beach ball of death, so I thought while I wait for the application to return (if it does), I would find out if there is something I need to do to get the application to run properly.  The Beta version worked much better.

Thanks.