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    - Extended Character Set Characters in Merge data converted I have an application that uses the word API to create documents that can include barcodes. The characters required to generate a Code 128 barcode include characters in the extended ascii character set. I am using a word document as merge data source, I originally use a text file but this same problem occurs with text files. Since installing Office 2003, I find that the data from the merge field containing the special characters is being converted to some dodgy character set. If I open the data source word document, I get a dialogue box asking me what character set I would like to use to make the document readable. The default is set to Japanese (Shift-JIS), if I select Windows(Default) the document opens and shows the correct characters. I can only assume that this same conversion is happening during the merge process. Apologies for the long winded explanation. Any ideas how I can turn off this conversion, considering this is an automated process. Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89198
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    - Inserting equation, brackets; when fraction inserted, brackets di. The subject above summarises my problem. For some reason, when trying to insert an equation into a word document, if I use brackets, and follow it by a fraction, the brackets disappear. Something similar is happening when I attempt to use a subtraction sign; it just fails to register within the document. Am using Word 2003 Any ideas? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89197
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    - Enabling Macros Please Help! If anyone knows how to get rid of the following error message eveytime I open Microsoft Word please let me know. The error is as follows: The Macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the online help or documentation of the host application to determine how to enable macros. At this point I have to click twice before I can start using Microsoft Word. Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89195
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    - word keeps locks up on me whenever i save whenever i try to save a doc. it keeps freezing up on me. it will recover most of it but now it is starting to get on my nerves Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89193
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    - Word Crashed When I tried to save a Word document it crashed and now when I try to work with the program I get the error: WINWORD.EXE The instruction at "0x77fcc912" referenced memory at "0x00198b0a". The memory could not be "written". Any suggestions? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89189
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    - "File" The "File" and subcommands is missing from toolbar. I have tried reinstalling Office 200 but the toolbar still starts with "Edit". How do I get "File" back? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89180
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    - Error Message when opening Mail Merge doc I have a mail merge document linking to records in an Excel file. Just recently upon opening the Word document I now see the following message; Opening this document will run the following SQL command SELECT * FROM P:\Quotes\Quote log.xls Data from your database will be placed in the document. Do you wish to continue? If I say Yes I then see the next message; This task is taking longer than expected do you wish to continue? If I say No I see the next message; Word could not re-establish a DDE Connection to MS Excel to complete the current task. Any ideas why this message has started to occur? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89179
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    - scanned document My old computer quit on me earlier this year. Prior to this I printed a hard copy of my resume. After purchasing a new computer I used the all in one printer to scan my resume. Since then I used my word processor to create an "office xp word 2003" version of the scanned reume. However when I send the resume by attachment I get replies that their computer rejected my resume as a "virus threat." The latest reply said "Our firewall has removed and destroyed your resume and cover letter as it is in a format that can contain a self executing file.....Please send as a standard word (ie. .doc,.pdf,.wrd, .txt) file and not as a .lnk file". This puzzles me since my Computer clearly says I am attaching a "word" file.Can you explain this? Also : Related to the above problem I have learned that the scanned document cannot be edited (even if I save it under a different name). Can you explain why this happens? Is it possible to save a copy of a scanned document that can be edited? -- Al Capone Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89178
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    - runtime error message when trying to open Word 2000 I keep getting the same message everytime I try to open Word 2000 : "can't move focus to the control ... If I hit "End" I can work in Word, partially. Neither the Tools nor the File menus will open. Is this likely to be a virus? I have the latest version of Norton. Anyone who has advice, please give it to me in moron-simple language. I'm a journalist, but practically Computer-illiterate. Thanks for your help! Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89170
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    - Runtime error message Whenever I try to open Word 2000, I get a runtime error message ("Can't move focus to the control ....). If I hit "End" I can work in Word -- partially. Neither the "File" nor the "Tools" menu opens.... is this likely to be a virus? (I have NOrton -- latest version) Anyone who has an answer, please give it to me in moron-style, simple language... I am a journalist, but almost Computer illiterate -- I like it when it works! Thanks for your help! Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89169
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    - Word 2003 crashes when setting language to Spanish and writing anything I have Win Xp Professional and Office 2003. When I have a document with the language set completely to Spanish or a blank document with language set to spanish and write something word closes immediately without any error message. With a document wwith the language set to any other language it works fine. The problem is that I cannot use the language proofing tools for documents in spanish or cannot open documents that have this settings There is no handwriting recogmnition set in the regional and languages settings and have tried almost anything described in these ng for similar errors Any ideas of how to solve this TIA Javier E. Alfonso Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89164
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    - Word XP 2002 Spell check questions. Hi all, My XP word act weird recently. When I open or create a new document, then I will do the spell check after I finish writing. The language setting will switch to Dutch after finish the whole process of spell check. The weird thing is even I go to Tools and set language back to English, and it will switch back to dutch by itself. When It swicth to Dutch, then the spell check wont' work on my writing in English. For example, If I type some words in wrong spelling, the spell check will not detect that at all. This bother me for long time, Can anyone has any suggestions? I tried to update all latest patch from Microsoft office page, but it still wont' fixed the problem. Thank you very much. Sara Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89163
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    - Print Command A fellow employee running Word 2002, discovered that her "Print" command from the "File" pull-down menu, disappeared. Has anyone any suggestions for a fix for this problem? ldscott(removethis)@hotmail.com Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89162
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    - How do I fix a runtime error in Word 2002? I keep getting a runtime error "abnormal program termination" in Word 2002 (part of Works Suite 2002). I followed the instructions for detect and repair including using the cd with the application/program/whatever on it but it didn't work. I'd appreciate any help to finding out how to solve this. Thank you. BeeTee13 Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89161
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    - Incorrect line numbering with 'Tight' + 'Other' text wrapping layo Using Word 2003, on enabling line numbers in a document which contains embeded images with wrapping text, I note that the count increments by two for each line adjacent to an image, This occurs only if the Object Format->Layout text wrapping style is set to 'tight' and the horizontal alignment is set to 'other'. Is this a known bug? I did not find related commentgs on Google or here, but I apologize if this is old Is there a known work-around? -- Richard Lee, eMVP Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89156
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    - 'Save As' options in Word 2003 Is there any way that Word 2003 can be 'persuaded' to save a file as WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS? I have just upgraded and I find that I can no longer do this - but I need to! Any ideas? Thank you in advance Dawn Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89152
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    - calendar download caused all new Word docs to have blue backgrou. I downloaded a 2004 calendar with notes template and chose a blue background which I subsequently didn't like. I couldn't remove the blue background and now all my new documents open with a blue background. Please help Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89151
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    - compile error in hidden module: AutoExec When I open Word 2003 or close Word 2003 I get the message: Compile Error in Hidden Module: AutoExec. How do I eliminate this message? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89137
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    - i do fix Microsoft Word SR-1 error reporting problems i can't open Micosoft Word 2000 SR0-1 application because of error reporting message stating that an error occurred and to send the report or not send it radio button appears in the dialog box, every time i hit the send report to the server it seems like it passing info between my computer and the server but nothing happens and the application just closes, i have Word installed on my sys from Microsoft WorksSuite 2001 my sys. is WINXP HOME EDITION, 40 GIG HD, 256 MEGS MEM, MCI DSL LINE: mkan25@yahoo.com or dotcomMOP@aol.com emailadd Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89136
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    - Error message when I try to open Word 2000 Every time I try to open word on my computer I get the error message "Microsoft Word for Windows has encountered a problem and needs to close." The following information comes up with the message: AppName: winword.exe, AppVer: 9.0.0.8216, ModName: winword.exe, ModVer: 9.0.0.8216, Offset: 0039f580. I've tried a few things to try to fix the problem, including removing and reinstalling Office, but no luck so far. Any advice on how to repair this problem? ***************************************** * This message was posted via http://www.officekb.com * * Report spam or abuse by clicking the following URL: * http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Abuse.aspx?aid=8e2daff904c24414aed12768f2d32a77 ***************************************** Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89135
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    - footnote placed on next page I've just resumed my book report in Word (part of 2002 Works Suite). When I inserted my next footnote, it was placed at the bottom of the NEXT page, not at the bottom of the current page. This never happened before. What do I do? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89130
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    - footnote placed on next page I've just resumed my book report (in Word, part of 2002 Works Suite). When I inserted my next footnote, it was placed at the bottom of the NEXT (blank) page instead of the current page. This has never happened before. What do I do? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89129
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    - Groupwise and Send To Mail Recipient We have recently installed Groupwise 6.5 as our e-mail program. When we used Outlook we were able to Send To>Mail Recipient as an option. We are now unable to select that option. We can send Mail Recipient (As Attachment) but we really need to have the document in the e-mail not as an attachment and e-mail directly from Word. Any suggestions? Windows 98SE Word 2000 Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89127
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    - Horizontal ruler there, but unavailable Often in the middle of working with any document, the horizontal ruler becomes unusable. It's still there on the screen, but I can't use it for anything and it doesn't update when I click into different paragraphs. Often, in place of the ruler I see a portion of the screen from another application in its place. To reactivate the ruler, I have to minimize the document and restore. Or, if that doesn't work (which is quite often), I have to close the document (not necessarily Word itself) and then reopen. Any idea what may be causing this and how to stop it? Thanks for the help. Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89126
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    - Web toolbar pops up for no reason I'm working w/ Word 2003, but I've had this same problems with other versions. When I'm working with any document with a TOC, the web toolbar keeps showing up and I keep hiding it. What can I do to stop it from coming back? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89125
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    - Word 2000 fails to load I get this message on trying to open Word - whether from the Word icon on my Desktop or from an individual Word file in My Computer: "WINWORD.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Wondows. You will need to to restart the program." I've used Norton Utilities System Doctor - hasn't solved the problem. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Office Professional 2000 with Service Pack 3 but the problem remains. I don't have WinFax (which apparently can create a similar problem). I also tried deleting normal.dot - doesn't solve the problem. I've run Norton Antivirus. My system is clean according to NAV. Other programs in the MS Office suite load without problem. Does anyone know what could have sudenly caused this problem/ how to resolve it, please? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89117
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    - How do I close an open dialog box? When I open a document, before the document opens I receive a "!" with the following message: "The command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open. Click OK, and then close open dialog boxex to continue." When I click OK, the document opens and I move on with no problems. However, this is a new thing that did not happen until a couple of months ago. Any ideas what might be happening? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89113
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    - MS Word 2000 Document won't open I am making a Manual for my company. I tracked changes, but I did not know I was supposed to "accept" the changes. Now I have a problem. I made so many changes to my Word document that now it will not open. Can anyone tell me how to accept or delete the changes, so I can save my document? This document represents months of work, and I thought I was finally done with this project and ready to go to press. Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89112
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    - Auto Text in Word is no longer working I use to have a choice in auto text for header/footers. I could place file name at bottom of document. It is not there anymore. I installed spybot and adware recently. Could this have taken it away? If so how can I get it back? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89111
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    - "Do you want to replace Normal?" I get this message from time to time when closing Word or when saving Normal, and when no particular problem has occurred recently with Normal. Why does this message appear? And what is Normal being "replaced" by? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89109
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    - closing Word gives me a runtime error Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89104
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    - Office 2000 Pro - Word fails as it is invoked As soon as I try to open any file in Word, I get the following error: Document1 - Microsoft Word: WINWORD.EXE - Application Error The instruction at "0x30395c27" referenced memory at "0x00000034". The memory could not be read. I have tried to reload the Office 2000 Pro. It did not fix the error. When I try to open the word with winword /a, it opens a blank word document without any error. What is /a used for? Any ideas of how I can fix this problem? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89103
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    - what is K|LTKRN13N.dll when trying to drag a picture from works portfolio to a blank document I get the message that the LTKRN13N.dll is missing and I need to reinstall the program with this but I don't know what to reinstall Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89099
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    - Word 2002 will not print Hi, Word 2002 works well but will not print. Printer sounds and acts as if it is printing but pages are blank or (sometimes) bear faint traces of text. Printer working well with all other applications. (HP deskjet 840c - OS = xp) Any suggestions welcomed. Thanks, ph Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89094
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    - vbe6.dll error on exiting Word Hi When I close Word either by pressing the application close cross on the top right hand corner of the app or by pressing the key ALT-F4, a MS message is displayed prompting to save the file > click Yes. The result is a Winword.exe crash and the message is on the vbe6.dll file. I've had a look on the web. a) in regards to the Adobe Acrobat file PDFMaker.dot I've removed all instances of this file & the issue still occurs. b) we dont have Norton anti-virus running - therefore the recommended suggestions I cant apply. We run McAfee antivirus software. We have Office2002 on Win2000. any suggestions? many thanks for help Diana Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89091
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    - how do i fix Microsoft Word errors problems when opening software. i can't get my Word 2000 SR-1 software to open becuase error message stating that an error occurred and needs to report the error to the Microsoft Server or Database, i installed my Word software through the Microsoft Works Suite and never had a problem with the software not been able to open and do work on, how do i fix this problem please send me advice to help resolve this issue in order to use my Word software again, thank you! Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89086
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    - merging from Access timestamp question I have a database in Access that has a medium time stamp. No matter what I do, every time I merge it into Word it gives me a long time stamp and not the medium one. e.g I want 10:00 AM but instead I get 10:00:00 AM. Everything place in Access is switch to the medium timestamp - is there anything else I can do Thanks Keith Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89083
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    - Word won't open up a report to edit I was working on before. Got . I cannot open up a term paper due on this Thursday that I need to work on tonight- thursday which I already stated. It's Word XP. I upgraded Norton last night and shut it off to no avail. Something about global normal.dot. Please help!!!!! I've done a repair of word to no avail, I'm freaking out on this one! Thanks, Larry Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89082
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    - Win XP - Bottom of page does not view/print I can create a new doc or open a previous one & sometimes I cannot view the bottom of the page &/or the bottom will not print either. This happens with/without headers/footers. Under "help" I run "detect and repair" & this fixes the problem. It does not happen with a specified document and it will happen 2-3 times a day or not for a week. No set pattern. Thoughts? Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89081
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    - MS Word - Indexing problem I don't know you folks and we don't know if you know the answer to this question, MS Word GURUS. It involves orphan index page numbers appearing in an MS Word index. We've tried to remove these entries and their corresponding XE tags, but the regenerated-updated index still picks up the old page numbers for the removed index item/entry and continues to display them in the "new" index. Is there a fix for this problem that perhaps involves a hidden file such as a concordance file? Does Word generate a hidden standard index file that contains a 2-column table for index entries and corresponding page numbers? If so, where is it so we can KILL it! Or, we would at least like to modify it to force it to show what we want... -phillip saint.kauai@stanfordalumni.org PALO ALTO, CA USA Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89078
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    - Word opens Reviewing toolbar when I open someone else's document Problem: I normally like to have only the standard and formatting toolbars open. If I open something written by someone else, the reviewing toolbar shows up. I can't find a way to prevent this behavior. Any ideas? MS: if you are reading this, I tried to submit this issue on your website, but to make a suggestion, I have to get a Microsoft Passport. I have no desire to get one of these, since it is used almost nowhere, and since it requires me to give data to MS that I would rather MS not have. You should make it easy, and not a potential invasion of our privacy, for us to give you feedback to improve your products. Thanks, Michael Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89077
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    - Word 2003 Freezes I have Windows XP Orifessional and Office 2003 Professional, and Norton Antivirus 2004. When I work on a document in WORD 2003 and it's on a floppy disk, and I close the docment and remove the disk. and then go to file/ open to open up a document that's on the C drive.. the coumpter spins the A drive and keeps on spinning it and keeps clacking. I try to shut down WORD, but it won't close. Then I do the end task (It says Word is not responding) and it still won't close and the A drive keeps clacking and spinning. I have to shut down the whole computer in order to get it to stop. It never did this before. A window used to come up to tell me that there was no disk in the a drive, and now it doesn't come up at all. All it does is look for a disk and spin and make noise. I tried to do the repair and detect in WORD and that didn't help. Should I uninstall Office 2003 professional and reinstall it? This all started when my son was working on a Word document and he closed it and did file/open and the open box came up and he changed his mind and removed the disk and clicked cancel. The computer clacked and spinned the a drive until we had to shut down the computer. Did he break WORD? I have a new Dell 8400 computer. Please help me. Jane Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89073
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    - Performing Cut command shuts down Word I repeated get "illegal operation" and the shutting down of Word after performing Edit/Cut using Ctrl+X. any ideas why this would happen and what to do about it? Word 97, Windows 98. Thanks, Larry Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89072
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    - 2003 Cannot mail merge f/Outlook - unable to obtain list of table. I'm trying to do a mail merge from Word 2003 using Outlook 2003 contacts. I keep getting the message "unable to obtain list of tables from the data source" with no further explanation. I can't find any help as to what is wrong. I did find reference online to a similar error message for Office 2002 (not 2003) for Internet Browsers settings, but mine match what that showed. Does anyone know what I should do? Thanks! Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89070
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    - Command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open After upgrading from Office 97 to Office 2003 I receive an error "Command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open" the first time I open a document by double clicking on it through explorer on a Win2k workstation (only happens the first time). Windows XP workstations do not produce this error message. In the background I can see where Word is asking for the username/Initials. I assume this is because the profile information has not yet been created. Is there a workaround or fix for this on Win2k? P.S. I do use Norton AV Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89069
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    - Can not find sberet.msi I need help. My system is not letting me back into my word files. This happened after an automatic update from MS. I can get into excel, and all other programs except word. I do not have the original office disks to reinstall. Older computer and two moves later. Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89068
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    - word tool bar functions In word xp- after normal boot up 'cut' 'copy' 'paste' 'undo' and 'redos'were gray and inopertaive. did 'view'etc to 'customise'. all 'formatting' and 'standard' boxes ticked ( as normal) and functions had gone from gray to bold on toolbar. But on 'close' bold goes back to gray and inoperative, and I cannot get them to work. How do I restore functions? Thank you. Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89059
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    - Reading layout useless for landscape docs If a document has landscape pages, reading layout in word 2003 chops off the right hand side of the document. If a document has landscape pages it shouldn't come in trading mode by default. Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89058
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    - Microsoft Word Program Not Responding - What do I do? Word usually works fine but since this afternoon it has not opened properly - I can't access any work or anything to do with Word. It is "Not Responding" Please help us if you can:) This computer (Dell Dimension 8300) is less than 12 months old and has Windows XP. We have Microsoft Office 97 which has worked well until today. Tag: Word won't start! Tag: 89057
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Hi, I have the Microsoft Word 2002 version and when I try to open it, it will
just show the opening screen, but freeze. No error messages or anything. I
have to terminate the process from alt+ctrl+dlt. However it will start in
safe mode. What's wrong??

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RE: Word won't start! by garfieldnodie

garfieldnodie
Thu Nov 11 17:32:02 CST 2004

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm.

"takethisandrunfaraway" wrote:

> Hi, I have the Microsoft Word 2002 version and when I try to open it, it will
> just show the opening screen, but freeze. No error messages or anything. I
> have to terminate the process from alt+ctrl+dlt. However it will start in
> safe mode. What's wrong??

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