Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook

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    - Can I recover a corrupted file? While using a family desktop computer (rather than my personal laptop that I normally use), I plugged in an external hard drive containing my Docoments folder and thus was able to open and work with several of my Word documents. Later, when I tried to open the same files on my laptop, I could not. I went back to the desktop but could not open them there either. I've tried both of Word's suggestions -- the "Recover Text" option and the "Open and Repair" option -- when opening the files, but all I got was the same sort of text/symbol gibberish you normally get when a file is corrupt. There's no trace of my original content. I have no idea how this happened, but I'd really like to fix it if I can. Is there a way to translate those symbols into my original text? Or, alternately: since I was using files stored on an external hard drive, might there be pre-corrupt versions stored somewhere on the computer's own hard drive? Maybe something like older auto-recover files? I'm pretty much desperate... Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104708
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    - Word runs slowly with XML I'm using Word 2003 with the latest updates. It runs great until I create an XML tagged document with an .XSD schema. The application responds slowly when the cursor is moved or tabbed. It takes around a minute just to add an XML tag. A KB article (KB 831026 "Your computer responds slowly when you work with XML documents in Word 2003") describes similar symptoms. It's work around is to disable spell check and grammar check. This doesn't help. However, when I disable my network connection, this application miraculously starts working properly. My first guess was the application is attempting to hit the namespace URI's in the XSD. So I've edited them several times to actual sites but application is still slow. How can I work around this without disabling network connectivity? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104703
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    - Why did my Toolbar change without me changing it? I recently upgraded to MS Office 2003. It worked OK at first, but then I noticed the top Tool Bar had changed on my documents. The text tools (File, Edit, View, etc.) were gone and I could not find a way to change it back. The other tool bars with icons are still there, though. I tried doing a custom toolbar with those menus, but when I try to use them, they don't give me the scroll down box. Another oddity is I can't get to the "Print" layout and I hate the other views (Outline, Web, etc). I finally uninstalled the upgrade as well as Outlook 2000 (my original program) and ran the "Detect & Repair" function, but nothing works. Please help - I'm on a deadline and really need Word to word right. Malia Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104688
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    - Problem of 'Bold' Hi: I've been using Word 2000. Recently, I have a problem 'Bold.' Even I did not 'click' Bold at the top, all letters I typing became 'Bold.' Only this problem occurring after a letter size of '12.' Until a size of '10,' it does not happen. I want all letters typed NOT 'Bold.' Thanks for your help in advance. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104683
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    - I save as "word" and I get word pad? I just installed word 2003 professional and I've written two documents in "Word', saved them as Word document, yet they are saved in Word Pad and re-open as such...? does anyone know what is happening? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104679
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    - {NUMPAGES} not working on printer I'm using Word 2000. In the footer, using the Header and Footer toolbar, I'm putting {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES} In Print Layout View and Print Preview, it looks just right. For a 3 page document, say, I see on successive pages 1 of 3 2 of 3 3 of 3 But the pages come off the printer as 1 of 1 2 of 2 3 of 3 In other words, {NUMPAGES} is acting like {PAGE} on the printer, which is an HP LaserJet 1320. Any ideas? Thanks. Gretchen Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104677
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    - How do I get my email template back into Word 2002 Where do I find the template? Also in the File toolbar Mail Recipient isn't available. I get an error message that it can't find the template. Carol Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104675
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    - Outline Numbered Woes I'm having a heck of a time with outline numbering lately. The most recent problem is that it does not persist, or does not appear to persist when I save my document. If I turn on outline numbering and get numbers for headings and sub-headings, save the document, exit, reload Word, and reload the document the numbers do not appear. Has anyone else encountered this problem, and know of a fix? -- http://www.peterRitchie.com/ Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104669
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    - Office 2000, Word scrolls wildly at times if more than 1 doc open I run Windows XP. My Office 2000 is up to date with patches as is the system. At times when word is open with 2 or more documents and either the mouse or arrow keys are used to scroll down the scroll will automatically go to the bottom of the document. A lined blue bar appears at the bottom of the screen and I can not immediately control or use word. I must envoke Task Manager and click the displayed applications to get control back. Sometimes word will also bomb with an error. This is most annoying not to say time costly and at times looses data because word crashes. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104666
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    - can not save my documents I'm having about 3 problems with My Word 2003; email me to diospop@hotmail.com 1. I can't save the documents. I try to save the document and the PC just don't do anything. I try "Save as" it doesn't work either. I tried with .rtf files, didn't work. I opened other office softwares and worked ok. I unistalled and re-installed Word, still the same situation. 2. In addition with the problem above, sometimes a error message like this comes to the screen "aotorecovery save postponed". 3. I have WinFax 10b. When I open Word it gives me and error message like thhis "mergefax module not working" or something alike. After working in a word document, when I go to the file menu and try the "Send to fax" it doesn't work Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104659
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    - When opening a template I get error: Errors ocurred during load Hello, I'm trying to open a Template file which i got from a vendor. The template contains macros for installation of an add-on for Word. First time i tried this there was no problem. I Set security level to low and enabled vb projects. But later i uninstalled this and now when i try i get the error: "Microsoft Visual Basic" as title and "Errors occured during load". Now there isn't anything physically wrong with the file, have retried and re-downloaded and all this and that. As i said sec level is set to low and enable vb projects is enabled. I have a little suspicison that it might be the antivirus system but i have tried to disable this but word still says that there is an antivirus system enabled (in the security dialog) in Word. So the question is three fold: a: is it possible to forcibly open a document/template without and skipping the anitvirus part? b: is it possible to get a listing of what plugins are used for antivirus scanning in Office? c: How can i solve this? :-) Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104658
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    - word 12 will not let me change envelope size. stuck on #10 size Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104657
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    - Word 2003 closes after printing Why does Microsoft Word 2003 close after I print a document? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104656
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    - Why does selected text no longer get replaced with new typing? I sometimes use MS Office Pro 2003 at two different independent sites. In older Office versions I would highlight text, then type, and the highlighted text would be replaces with the new typing. Now [2003] the typed text occurs in front of the selected text which is not overwritten. Is this a default setting change? A product change? And how can I get back to normal? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104654
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    - key board short cut trouble shooting Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104650
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    - password doesn't work on different word version I saved a file and password protected (using the highest encryption option) on an English version of office xp (and english windows xp). I am now stuck with a computer with chinese windows and a chinese edition of office 2000. when i try to open my file, word gives me the following error: The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. * Check the file permissions for the document or drive. * Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document. C:\...\My Documents\filename (in Chinese, that is) how can i open my file? i am 100% positive that the password i am inputing (which is in english) is correct. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104646
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    - Word view "zooms" Every once in a while, an application open in Word will zoom to 500%. Even if I put it back to 100%, it zooms right back up. Any idea why this might happen? Thanks Lisa Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104644
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    - mso.dll windows xp sp2 office xp sp3 (minus outlook) outlook 2003 Word goes into a vicious cycle with an error with mso.dll. has a checkbox to recover and restart and when cheked never stops having the error. I have deleted normal.dot. I have also installed Oxpauiu.exe, via http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7E4CB0ED-2140-4DC6-A8D9-876FEA77E423&displaylang=en i have also uninstalled rebooted and reinstalled office xp and office sp3. still having the error. any ideas? tia Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104642
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    - document does not open on double-click within explorer Hello. I am using Windows XP together with Office 2000. Until some weeks ago, WORD worked properly regarding double-clicking WORD documents within the windows explorer or within other applications like eMail clients. I don't know what happened, but now double-clicking on WORD documents does not open the documents anymore, although WORD itself starts (with no active document). When I start WORD using the start button on the screen and load the document afterwards, using the WORD menu functions, the document opens properly. Does somebody has an explanation for this behavior and a solution to "repair" the double-clicking functionality for opening WORD documents? Regards. Nnamdi Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104631
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    - Can different language versions of Word 2000 coexist? I have a German version of Word 2000, and for reference purposes it would be useful if I could install it in addition to my English version of Office 2000 (under Windows 2000). Is it easily possible, or might it open a can of worms and should therefore be avoided? Thank you. Herbert Eppel -- www.HETranslation.co.uk Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104626
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    - When I select to print mutiple copies, word will only print 1 Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104623
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    - Word 2003 protected forms and tab key? I have just upgraded to Word 2003. I created a relatively simple document with 2 sections. Section 1 will contain form fields, protected text, and a button, but only the button has been added yet. Section 2 contains a freeform area with multiple places where a user will enter freeform RTF information. When I protect the document for forms, selecting section 1 to protect, and start enforcing the protection, the tab key stops working correctly within the document. Anytime I hit tab, anywhere within the unprotected section, it pops up to the button in the protected section. I've removed the button and tried again, but the tab key just pops the cursor to the top of the unprotected section. I've had a very similar document within Word 2002, but this never happened there. Is it a glitch in Word 2003? Is there something I can do to get around the issue? I just can't expect users to never need a tab key, there are tables within the open section of the document. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104622
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    - Applying bold to selected text in word 2003 applies to all text I apply bold to selected text, either by CTRL B, Clicking in Bold, but word instead of applying this only to the selected text applies to ALL the document. All the doc becomes bold. If I apply bold again, sometimes it leaves only the selected text in bold, some others, it would un-bold the All text again. So it becames very difficult to use Bold ... I have re-installed word, used repair option, at no avail. I have checked formatting styles, etc. ... not a clue... how to get rid of this very annoying problem. Any help will be appreciated ! Thanks David Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104620
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    - Style error message when trying to open document I have 3 word documents that will not open for me -- each time I get a "serious error" message and something about styles, then it goes into recovery mode, pops up the word screen again, Each time I click on the recovered file shown, it gives me the same message again. I have to use these files as a "go-by" for a major federal project with a nearing deadline. Can anyone help? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104619
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    - content shows "JavaScript required to sign in" when opening documents from the My Web Sites on MSN folder System: Win2KSP4 IE6Sp1, Office 2003Sp2 Problem: 1 Login MSN Messageer using one passport 2 In Explorer, browse to the My Web Sites on MSN folder in the My Network Places folder, login in using another passport 3 In Word, browse into cause the following error: "Documents in this folder are not available. The folder may have been moved or deleted, or network problems may be preventing a connection to the server" If the document is opened from Explorer, the content become a web page, displaying "JavaScript required to sign in" and an empty textarea. -- Regards Sheng Jiang Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Visual C++ http://www.jiangsheng.net http://blog.joycode.com/jiangsheng/ Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104612
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    - New doc pg setup ORIENTATION STUCK ON LANDSCP, CANT GET IT TO PORT New Doc defaults to landscape, 2 columns, cannot change it to portrait. error msg is right margin too large, even when I change it to one column. Seems stuck on landscape and won't allow me to change the default. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104610
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    - Word 2000 Crashes - Troubleshooting Computer is WXP Pro SP2, fully patched White box PC, Pentium III/1000, 512MB RAM, 20GB hard drive (5GB free) Problem product: Office 2000 Professional, patched to SP3a Problem: Word crashes frequently, 10+ times per day. About half the time it's in the middle of editing a document, the other half it's when trying to exit the program. In every case the error trap "... has encountered a problem and needs to be closed" with the option to send information to Microsoft over the Web is presented. The user always opts not to send the information. What has been tried so far: - Error scan of hard drive using built-in XP error checking. No errors found - Deletion of all temporary files in user's temp files folder - Complete system scan with Trend Micro OfficeScan antivirus (up-to-date). No viruses found - Complete system scan with Ad-Aware SE Personal antispyware (up-to-date). No malware found - Ran the Detect & Repair function from Word's Help menu - Ran a "Repair" re-installation of Office 2000 Professional - Completely uninstalled, then re-installed Office 2000 Professional, and reapplied all patches up to SP3a The user's computer is otherwise running fine, there are no crashes with other components of Office 2000 or with other user applications. Can anyone offer any other troubleshooting ideas? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104608
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    - Word will not close old Document. Comes up everytime Word is launc I created a document a month ago, printed it but did not save it. I closed Word, and that was the end of it. The next time I opened up Word, the document reappeared. The doc appears everytime I open up Word instead of a blank doc and I cannot get rid of it or find it or delete it. I have tried the following: - renaming the file, and then trying deleting it. - deleting the file - erasing the contents of the document, typing something new and saving it. - searching for the document on my system (which is no where to be found) and deleting it that way. I never named the document, but when I do a Save AS, the name in the doc title is 3. That happens to be the first character in the doc. So it has auto-saved the document but will now not erase or delete the doc. All I want is to have a blank doc be there when I open up Word and delete this unwanted doc. HELP!!! Thanks! Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104606
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    - What is hpcmpmgr.exe When I close Word, I sometimes get a message stating that there is an application error with the above-mentioned application. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104603
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    - Error "No such interface supported" When I'm adding contacts to an email using the Word as the editor, it appears this message. It also appears if I attach a file. I have already remove and reinstall the office but it continues to appear the same error. I apreciate any help. Thanks. -- Francisco Vaz Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104602
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    - Microsoft Word very slow to open, then not responding I use Mcrosoft Office Small Business Edition 2003 but I have never updated it. I logged on today to look for updates and the update failed. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104601
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    - Why can't i see the math equations? wheni open word documents which contain equation editor parts, all i see is jumbled characters. i have equation editor installed and when i double click (i.e. as if i was to edit) the equation the correct characters show up, as sooon as i click off. it jumbles up again. any suggestions? -- i try my best Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104599
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    - The word can't read and use clip art. What can I do? Hi everybody, I have found a problem by inserting clip arts. Word cannot obtain the data for the documents .I have no problem by inserting pictures from my files or the internet. I'll be thankfull if you can help me. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104594
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    - "Add to dictionary" in Word 2003 is grayed out I work in Word 2003 Standard Edition (US English), with Proofing Tools 2003 installed. My regional settings are Norwegian, but I generally write in UK English (my default), often in Norwegian and now and then in US English. My problem is that in any of my working languages other than the default UK English, the â??Add to Dictionaryâ?? command in the (right mouse-button) context menu for spelling corrections is grayed out, so I can't add words to my Norwegian and US English dictionaries. Anyone know why and can offer a solution? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104590
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    - Word 2003 Crash typing the word "pilot" Word 2003 crashes ("Word has encountered a problem and needs to close") every time I type the word "pilot", right when I type the "o" (it autorecovers). I rebooted, started with the same document, and then rebooted again and started wtih a 100% clean document. Same problem every time. I've had numerous Word crashes ever since I installed I installed brand new Office 2003 in the last month. What is going on here? I've used Office for years and have never had these crash problems until installation of Office 2003 Professional. I have all of the Windows and Office updates. I also run antivirus, antispam, etc. Word does NOT crash upon opening. I can't find this problem in previous posts - it is not on word opening nor on copy/paste. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104587
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    - Cannot open file in 3 1/2 floppy disc. Asking for Administrator I am trying to open a file on a floppy disc and when I try to open it, it comes back saying that I am not authorize, to contact administrator. This is a personal computer. Why is it asking for administrator? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104585
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    - Wd2002: Autoformat settings don't stay saved I regularly turn off several features in "Autoformat" and "Autoformat as you type" options in Word 2002, but they turn themselves back on. KB291473 says that if these settings are not being saved you should delete the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Data I have done that several times, but the autoformat functions still keep getting turned back on. Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Connor Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104584
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    - trouble What does ~$ mean when they are in front of a saved document title? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104581
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    - all documents default to note pad and read only My company has a Shared Web site where we store our company documents. When ever I download a document from that shared site it defaults automatically to notepad and all documents stored on my computer or downloaded open as READ ONLY. We have done was was suggested and also re-registered however this is still a problem. I have uninstalled OFFFICE 2003 and re-installed but that process doesn't help either. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104580
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    - Error accessing file. Network connection may have been lost Last few days, out of the blues, I got this message error while trying to open the VBE from Word: Microsof Visual Basic "Errore durante l'accesso al file. Potrebbe non essere più attiva la connessione di rete" (I have an italian version of Office XP. But can be traslated as follow) "Error accessing file. Network connection may have been lost." I made some research on the net, but all I could find was related to Access or Excel. Nobody seems to have this problem with Word. Of course it is nothing to do with the network. I still can open the VBE, and clicking on all modules, classes, forms; some time everything will open smoothly other time the messsage pops-up but then I can still see the code. Only when I double click on a class module in wich I give the description of an Interface, the code is not accessible (I can't view, rename the module) If I export all my "bas, frm, cls" and start a new project importing all of them and making a new Interface class. Everything is fine... for a couple of days, then again!!! Why? Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104579
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    - Saving files I am trying to save a file to my CD E:drive and I am receiving an error message stating I don have access to the folder. See your administratorfor access to this folder. I am the owner and major user. I'm using Mircosoft word. Thanks Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104576
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    - Why were pasted images deleted? I was working on a document that had several images pasted in it. All of the images were screen prints, which were obtained by Alt+Print Scrn on the desired screen image, then Ctrl + V in the appropriate part of the document. Some of the images had annotations added to them. When I opened the document today, all of the images had been deleted from the document! There are blank pages where they once were. Could I have executed some function in Word and didn't realize it? Now I will have to go back and manually paste the images I want back into the document. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104575
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    - Word 2003 crashes - a challenge... Hi all, I know quite a lot about Word but now have a problem and cannot for the life of me figure out what is wrong...there have been no installs/changes to my PC and yet all of a sudden: Word crashes (as in "Word has encountered a problem and needs to close") when I try to open documents (seems to be docs containing drawn objects, tables or images) or when I try to insert an object into a new document. I have tried uninstalling, reinstalling, detect & repair, deleting Normal.dot, deleting temp files, and there are no add-ins, etc. and I have no viruses. Open & Repair on the files that cause a crash doesn't make any difference and other people can open the same files. I am completely flummoxed(?) and getting more desperate by the minute. Can anyone offer any inspiration? - all crumbs gratefully recieved... Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104571
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    - Word 2000 File / Print Dialog Box will not open Anyone know or have an idea why the print dialog box in Word 2000 will not open when clicking on file and then print? The dialog box opens fine in every other program and the toolbar print option for Word works fine too. But I cannot get the dialog to open when clicking on file then print, without first clicking cntrl-alt-delete to trick it into thinking it has to close--at which point it tells me that Word cannot close because the dialog is open and the dialog then appears. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Word (part of Office 2000) twice to try and fix it but without success. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104570
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    - Losing Word links in Outlook When I email a Word document directly from within Word, the hyperlinks with text boxes are lost in Outlook. They work fine in Word, but do not appear anywhere in Outlook. All Word links in the non-text box areas work fine in Outlook. Does anyone know why the links in a text box get lost? Thanks for your help. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104568
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    - How do I fix MS Word prompt: "document cannot be registered..."? When I open MS Word, I get the following prompt: "This document cannot be registered. It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this document." You can only click the OK button. One of the side effects of this setting is that I can't do drag-and-drop editing within a Word document. I have to cut-and-paste only. I don't know who or how someone in my family changed this setting, but I'd like to find out how to change it back. Thanks! Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104566
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    - Speech recognition Whenever I turn on Word 2003 my speech recognition turns off and when I close the document I get the listening notice and dictation notice -it is very weird Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104563
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    - thesaurus I would post this under "general questions", but it's more of a cumbersome error. Anyways, my problem is: at times, the thesaurus does not work for me. It is very weird because it functions correctly and then at times disbales itself. This does not happen extremely often, but it still reoccurs sometimes. Any help would be appretiated. version: word 2002 thanks. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104560
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    - can't access to Microsoft Words..Help!!! i'm using MS 2003 teacher's and student edition. Whenever i tried to open my WS Word...the pc 'hanged' or stop responding. Please help. Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104559
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    - save to flash drive Using MSWord I am unable to save Word documents to flash drive. Messag is "Word cannot complete the save due to a file permission error." Bee using the same file system forever and it has worked to this point. Th flash drive is a 1 gig and not nearly half full. Any help would b greatly appreciated. Thanks -- Confuse Posted from - http://www.officehelp.i Tag: Difficulty starting Word and emails in Outlook Tag: 104555

I have Office 2003 Professional and recently I have trouble opening up every
Word file (and it is affecting email in Outlook). Something seems corrupted.
I have run Detect and Repair in both Word and Outlook, but to no avail.

I have difficulty opening up every document, and can no longer have 2 Word
documents open at the same time. It takes forever to open/close documents,
and the same thing with email. Often I will get some message upon closing of
Word about the normal template being changed. I don't know what that means,
but I usually hit cancel.

I also have Adobe Acrobat installed on my PC, if that makes any difference.

Are there any ideas about how to fix? This is extremely frustrating.

Thanks in advance...

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