This is a quick how to on how to make Word 2008 load faster on a mac. My Office 2008 apps (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) sometime take 1+ minute to load up.

Follow these instructions I found on the internet

Launch word
Go to Word —>Preferences
Click on “General”
Uncheck “WYSIWYG font and style menus”
Uncheck “Show Project Gallery At Startup”
Quit Word
Reopen Word