Typing an email in Outlook. Each key stroke causes a latency and I see the spinning colored wheel

This is the third or fourth attempt to solve this problem. Each keystroke while typing an email in Outlook causes a latency of several seconds. Each time I hit a key I see the spinning colored wheel then the letters or whole words or several words a several seconds later on the screen. Something is wrong here. I have tried each fix suggested in this blog. Changing "rules" deleting the cache, removing duplicate fonts. Nothing has soled the problem. It seems to actually be getting worse. I do have emails residing in Outlook (in box and sent) that should be archived but don't know how to simply archive them. The PC version prompts you to archive the Mac version does not. Maybe this is the cause of the problem? Outlook is not functional with this problem. Anyone with suggestions? Please assist. No other Office for Mac 2011 is experiencing this problem, only Outlook.No other program on my laptop is suffering from this problem, only Outlook.