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    - word 2003 with endnote 8, word crashes when adding references After editing my original word document, word is now crashing when i try to add additional references. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102832
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    - "stragety" is a typo, the spell checker should suggest "strategy" Microsoft Word doesn't catch "stragety" as a spelling error. Found under "Select Language" US English was selected but "Do not check Spelling and Grammar" was checked. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=51f7bd06-1b76-40a0-8e49-3bf6399948f8&dg=microsoft.public.word.application.errors Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102830
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    - InsertGraphicalHorizontalLine doesn't work. Hi, posted the problem in parent Word Newsgroup but no effective solution was found. When clicking INSERT LINE at the bottom or Borders and Shades screen from Format menu, instead to open the (fancy) lines list screen, it opens the Insert Picture screen. If launching the InsertGraphicalHorizontalLine command (after inserting it at any menu) it also launch the Insert Picture screen instead. There is no other InsertGraphicalHorizontalLine macro anywhere that could be hijacking the command. The .gif fancy lines images are there in a subdirectory along with the lines.dll, that was also copy from a working machine just to make sure. Word was removed and reinstaled by the Office installer, problem still. Office "check and repair" solved nothing. Any idea? Thank you. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102826
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    - attached files can't be opened We are running Word 2002 on Windows XP (Home). Attached files saved as Word .doc (and copy received OK by sender ) come with "scrambled" letters and can't be opened (are read as .dat with a systems danger warning). The work around is to save the file in Word, re-name to .doc - this restores the file. I don't know the sender's version of Word but it came on a recently purchased laptop. Is this a version compatibility problem? Regards Lila Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102821
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    - Can't close Word "Cannot close Word until send mail command is finished. Switch to the New Message first and either send or close the message" (using office 2000) Went to Outlook and tried to delete any "message" Outlook is showing error "Unable to connect to server". How can I close Word to shut down my computer??? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102820
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    - Need to read word documents but have star office Have Windows ME that contains Star Office and Presentations; not Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. How can I convert to or download these programs? Thanks in advance! Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102813
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    - Word 2003 File Page Setup hangs I run Win XP Pro with 3 user accounts. Word 2003 runs fine on 2 accounts, but on the third, the program hangs every time I click on the Page Setup command in the File drop-down. I've run the repair function and I've downloaded and installed all updates and patches for Win XP and Office. Any suggestions? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102812
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    - Word section breaks Hi all Bit of a problem that's driving me insane. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I am formatting a 7 page document and on the last 2 pages i need to make the page margins bigger, and to do that i put in a section break at the end of page 5. When i put the section break in the document page numbers increase to 8 and the footer auto page number also jumps from page 5 to 7. I have tried everything i and all my colleagues knows to no avail. I have tried all the new, odd, even, continuous break options, i have also tried highlighting the text and applying new page margins to selected text only. Anyone out there with any ideas??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Graham Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102808
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    - How can I edit Word docs which are saved onto a cd? I save Word files onto a cd. My friend wants to edit them and re-save. Can someone tell me an easy way to do this. Please remember I am still a computer beginner - so not too technical answers please. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102805
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    - Getting error when try open files in all the Office 2003 When I try to open files in Office 2003 applications, I get an Open Not Responding message and about 3-4 minutes later the file finally opens. Do you have any solution other than reinstalling Office for this. Is it a Windows XP problem or an Office 2003 problem? Thanks! Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102802
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    - Buffer overrun detected when merging documents and adresses I have made a new Windows XP and office 2003 installation. When i try to merge documents and adresses i get and error window with the header: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library It says Buffer overrun detected A buffer overrun has been detected wich has corrupted the program's internal state. the program cannot safely continue execution and must now be terminated. The merging did work on the old installation, so i don't know what the problem is. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102801
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    - how to get rid of 'open dialog box' messege when starting Word ? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102796
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    - WIN32 error message in Word I just downloaded from the Microsoft site a 60 day trial version of office on my husbands computer. Now every time we try to open a word document that is on the desk top I get the following error message: C:\documents and settings\HP administrator\desktop\name of document\is not a valid WIN32 application. How can I fix this? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102793
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    - A Word doc crashes my word! In the last few days when I open a certain word doc. it freezes word! I don't even have a chance to try and repair the doc. I don't recall doing anything in specific to damage that doc, I just add and paste stuff there and have many important data I would hate to lose. I use Win XP; Office XP and microsoft word 2002. This same problem I also get when opening htis doc from my network computer. No other document on either computer gives me any problems. Thanks! Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102791
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    - Word only allows saves as .doc type When I go to "save as", Word will not accept any choice except "doc" type. It jumps back to that no matter what I try to select. I have reinstalled and repaired, but no luck. Any thoughts? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102790
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    - word 2000 crashes computer for one user only I'm running windows XP Home w/ SP2 updated through Microsoft to current standards. Trying to run Word 2000 from Office 2000 SBE updated through Microsoft to currents standards. Three users are on my home computer. Two users have successful access to Word and have no problem using the program; the third user cannot access Word and starting Word for this user either produces an error message that Word needs to shutdown, or a blue screen error that restarts the computer. Outlook and Excel are operating properly, but Outlook can not use Word as the e-mail editor. Notebook and Wordpad operate normally. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102787
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    - Opening Word '03 files in Word 2000 Are there any known problems with backwards compatiblity between Word 2003 and Word 2000? I am using Word 2003 have been e-mailing .doc files to someone running XP with Office 2000 and for some reason she cannot open the files at all. When she to open them, Word gives her a message that she is trying to open a Corel Wordperfect document and it can't import that file type. This person is not local to me, so I'm doing my best to problem-solve on her behalf. So far, she is the only person who is having this problem with the files I send, and I do send a lot of files to other people. Any info is much appreciated! cheers, bb Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102785
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    - Page Setup doesn't open When I try to go to Page Setup, it takes at least 2 minutes for it to come up, and in the meantime while waiting, my document appears to be frozen. A Microsoft Online Crash Analysis Error occurs with the following technical information: szAppName: WINWORD.EXE szAppVer: 11.0.65080 szModName: hungapp szModVer: 0.0.0.0 OffSet: 00000000 Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102784
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    - Page Setup doesn't open When I try to go to Page Setup, it takes at least 2 minutes for it to come up, and in the meantime while waiting, my document appears to be frozen. A Microsoft Online Crash Analysis Error occurs with the following technical information: szAppName: WINWORD.EXE szAppVer: 11.0.65080 szModName: hungapp Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102783
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    - Blank doc shows - yet print and text boxes show on print preview?? Wonder if anyone knows how to overcome this. I have opened a template document in Word2003 and none of the text or text boxes is showing. However if i go to print preview I can see the entire document. Have I accidentally turned on some bizarre formatting option? Cheers for any help Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102775
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    - Embedded Excel file reading as corrupt (but isn't) I embedded an Excel file in a Word document, as I've done many times before. I can double-click and view the file fine, but two colleagues can't. They have been able to open embedded objects in other documents, including ones from me. I recreated the Excel file, resaved, and re-embedded it -- still no luck. The error message they get indicates the file can't be opened. They're asked if they would like to have Microsoft repair the problem. That runs for a short while, then they get the message "This object is corrupt or is no longer available." Anyone have a suggestion or recommendation? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102774
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    - Word/Outlook/Excel Freezes after long time idle. Hi All, We are running the above on Terminal Server/Citrix PS4. We have an annoying issue where (seemingly) at random, peoples sessions go into high CPU utilisation when running Word and/or Excel and/or Outlook and/or IE and even sometime Acrobat.exe. I have noticed that this most frequently happens where the user has been away from their desk for 20+ minutes and their session is idle. As soon as they access any of those idle applications, away it goes. Usually its 2 applications going wild at once, both with around 40-50% CPU each. Sometimes CPU Management will contain that useage thereby limiting the carnage, but quite often it doesnt and sends the whole server into la la land. When we manage to kill one of the offending processes, the 'other' one takes over at 100% - so both have to be killed and sometimes a third. I am running: Windows 2003 SP1 Citrix PS4 Enterprise+Rollup Office 2003 SP1 I have not been able to find any errors in event logs or any other evidence as to what is going on, nor have I been able to replicate it (aside from fluke). Any suggestions as to how I can tackle this one? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102772
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    - TAB does not advance fields in Forms I have created a simple Form in Word 2002, without using any macros other than TextForm fields and Formula fields with simple calculations, and Calculate on Exit selected. The Form is password protected. Most users have no problems using it. One user, with Word 2003, says that TAB does not advance to the next field. Consequently, none of the calculations work, and the form is not useable. Any ideas why TAB would not advance to the subsequent fields? Could it be something in the Form, or in his system? Andrew Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102771
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    - Word won't let me delete some documents In "open files", I sometimes have trouble deleting documents. I will select the file name, then hit "delete". Word tells me that the file is in use by another person or program. However, it isn't. If I close Word, then open it again, I can now delete the document, but then will have trouble with another document. This happens most often with some of my old .wpd files, although it has happened with .doc files too. I have the viewer open at the time too. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102769
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    - Why does word freeze everytime I copy something into it? Everytime I copy something into word from Internet Explorer or from a PDF file word has to close down. Why is this? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102759
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    - Stop Word defaulting to Welsh language spell-check! How do you stop Word defaulting to Welsh language spell-check? No matter how often I set the default in Options/language to English(UK) and save to the normal template, Word continually reverts to "Welsh" on the next document!!! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2d2b853-89e6-4997-aecf-66a217e5d5e4&dg=microsoft.public.word.application.errors Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102758
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    - meaningless RunTime Error 5 I developed "customer support software" for my company with VBasic6.0 SP3, its work with Sql2K and CrystalReport8. i have problem on RunTime subjects. If i installed the software to win98 or win2k there is no problem on their, but in win2003 it gives me error on anyplace Run-time error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument. Can you give me any advice for solving this my terrible error? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102756
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    - Error Message - unclear I'm unable to use MS Office help online or follow internet links in Word documents, but everything else about my internet works great. I've looked all over for information on how to fix this - I've read almost all the newsgroup threads, checked the help website, etc., so I hope someone here can help me! In word, when I click on a web address with a hyperlink, I receive the message: "Unable to open [website]. Cannot locate the Internet server or proxy server." Then, when I hit F1 (Help), and search for a phrase, I get a list of offline help topics, with an error that says, "Unable to connect to Microsoft Office Online." If I click on any of the listed results, I get a window with a large red "X" button that says, "Error Starting MS Help." (I CAN, however, click on "Connect to Microsoft Office Online" in the "Getting Started" window, and Internet Explorer opens up the page just fine.) I've already run detect and repair several times, but it has not fixed the problem. Please help! Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102755
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    - =?Utf-8?Q?The_AutoCorrect_setting_in_Word_?= Yes, I understand that this can be undone with Ctrl+Z. Yes, I understand that I can fix this permantely with Alt+i, a, x and changing the setting. The point is that this is a rotten default setting. Didn't somebody on the Human factors side do a usability test? Users make lists more often than they will do. If the counter-argument is that the "AutoList" feature should be the preferred way of making lists, you are still wrong. Users will make lists within the text of a paragraph more often than needing to do the copyright symbol. For example, "This feature is: (a) ill-conceived, (b) not thoroughly user-tested, and (c) far from obvious on how to turn it off. Therefore it is poor design." While this may be a good setting, it is not a good default setting and it detracts from the overall utility of AutoCorrect. Finally, I strongly urge against having "Clippy" warn the user about the AutoCorrect (c) to Â© as a solution to the usability issue. Users who don't like "Clippy" absolutely despise him/her/it. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=d602b7b9-93c0-414c-9589-9cf3e94fb18e&dg=microsoft.public.word.application.errors Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102754
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    - Why does Microsoft Outlook show "interface not registered" ? Can you help me? I want to send email by Microsoft Outlook using word as Email-edit. Recently I have met a problem. Wenn I the SEND button clink, one box always shows me " interface not registered". I don't know what was happend. I have tryed to use original CD to detect and repair the problem, But it doesn't work. Thank you very much! your sincerely Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102753
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    - Word 2003 table indentation problem I'm running Word 2003 (without any service packs) on a Windows XP Pro SP2 system. My document is currently 97 pages long, with a number of tables on certain pages. My problem is, that for no reason whatsoever, Word decided to change the left indentation of all the tables in my document so that all of them are 0.85cm indented. I can solve the problem by highlighting the table and selecting Format>Paragraph and changing the "Left" box under the heading Indentation back to 0. However, this is very long winded due to the size of my document and the amount of tables I have in it. Does anyone know why this has happened? Also, how can I get it to revert back to normal indentation as I originally formatted it, without selecting each table individually? Thanks in advance. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102752
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    - Hypertext link When I create a Hypertext link in a word document, for example \\servername\directory\, and I save the document, the link is no more valid. Word replace by itself the path \\servername\directory by ../../directory. I hope someone got a solution. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102749
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    - word crash Hi As soon as I try to start Word an error message apears and displays that "Word failed to start correctly last time. Starting in safe mode will help you correct or isolate a startup problem in order to sucessfully start the program. Some functionally may be disabled in this mode." I looked in the Startup folder and nothing shows up. Or I might be looking in the wrong folder. Also I tried to search for the Normal.dot file but I could not find it either. I have deleted all my printer servers and unchecked the Norton anti-virus that dels with Office. I am really stuck and I have tried everything. Can some one please help me. Thanks. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102748
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    - program asso. w/ the selected template cannot be started Whenever I click on START, ALL PROGRAMS, NEW OFFICE DOCUMENT, and then select BLANK DOCUMENT, I receive the following error message: "The program associated with the selected template cannot be started, or the program cannot use the selected template." There is nothing in either of the STARTUP locations that MS Word uses and I have run the Detect and Repair utility under Word's Help menu checking off both "Restore my shortcuts..." and "Discard my customized settings..." twice. I have also tried deleting the NORMAL.DOT file. All this has been to no avail, the problem persists. I have unistalled and reinstalled Office 2003 Pro and gone so far as to reformat and reinstall my entire OS!! Can ahyone help me? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102745
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    - Beginning of line I have done something to Word, and now when I reach a new line my cursor will not move to the right. After a while it blinks and gets going again, but it's too annoying. Any help gratefully received! Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102744
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    - word and excel reinstall everytime they are opened I am running windows xp. everytime I open Word or Excel, the programs need to reinstall intead of opening directly, as they do on my home pc. If anyone is familiar with this problem and has any suggestions, i would appreciate it. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102743
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    - What is runtime error I'm getting a Runtime Error MicrosoftVisual C++. ProgramC:\ProgramFiles\MicrosoftOffice\Office10\WINWORD.EXE. abnormal program termination. That's what my computer says and it keeps shutting down my Microsoft Word program. What's happening? Thanks, Amy Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102742
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    - One page number in middle of document does not show I have a 20 page document and all of the page numbers appear fine, except page 5. I took the footer off and just did Insert Page Number. Still no page number 5, any ideas? dk Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102739
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    - Text Boxes not showing text inside on print Word 2002 In Word 2002 (XP) we are using rtf files and using text boxes inside of these files. In editing mode, the text positioned inside the text box looks fine, but when we print or print preview no text shows up in any of the text boxes. Can anyone help? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102738
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    - Word 2003 - Print dialogue box - slow When printing from Word 2003 it takes roughly 2 minutes for the list of printers to display. We have 400+ printers installed (due to a large terminal server environment) The problem is reproducable on a non-terminal server environment using fully patched Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. I have tried Word 2003, Word 2003 SP1 and Word 2003 SP2 spoolsv.exe and winword.exe reach high cpu usage ONLY when waiting for the print dialogue box to open. Monitoring with regmon, Winword is trawling through the registry in some odd areas. If I print using the default printer by clicking printing from the toolbar the document prints. No other applications such as Excel, powerpoint, notepad etc have problems, each displaying the dialogue box immediatly (even with 400+ printers installed) Any thoughts? Thanks, Duncan. (also posted to win2000.printing) Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102737
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    - Generated Event ID 1000 while editing Word Files Dear All, I have a couple of files that are behaved in such a strange manner: When I open any file (Using Word 2003 sp2 over XP sp2) and while editing it, it hang for a second and then closed asking to send the error report to MS. I checked the event viewer - application area- and found event ID 1000 is generated with the following details: ""Faulting application winword.exe, version 11.0.6568.0, stamp 42e178a5, faulting module msgrar32.dll, version 1.0.0.201, stamp 3e259a9f, debug? 0, fault address 0x0003feb7. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp."" I left no Windows, Driver or Office update and every thing on my computer is up to date. Any helpful information regarding this will be highly appreciated. Regards to all, Sameh Ghanem sghanem@hotmail.com Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102735
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    - How can I get back a missing option under Format? I've suddenly lost the Paragraph option on the Format option. What can I do to get it back? I've tried repairing the program with no luck. The only way I can see the Paragraph option is by right-clicking on the text, but that's very time consuming. Word won't recognize the keystroke entries either for Format > Paragraph. What should I try next? Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102734
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    - word and excel problems reading files suddenly I can't open word or excel files. Word give me a "file unavailable" message and Excel givs me "can't read file" message. I've tried all save files asnd even created some new ones but as soon as save them I can't open them again. Any help? using microsoft office XP Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102731
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    - Error connecting to Excel Worksheet Hi! I got a Word (XP) document with an inserted Excel worksheet. Usually after a double click I could edit the worksheet. A few days ago after a after the double click this message appears: "The object is damaged or no longer available". (I'm translating the message from Portuguese, so I'm not sure if in the English version it would look exactly like this). If I open the file with the "Open and Repair" option Word detects the error and "fixes" it but it transforms the worksheet in an image. Any ideas? TIA Jorge Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102728
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    - WINWORD.EXE generates error log when Tools menu is clicked All suggestions and help will be greatly appreciated - (using Office 2000 Professional) when a WORD.doc is open and when clicking on the tools menu (left click) the message "WINWORD.EXE has generated errors and will be closed by windows....You will need to restart the program.......An error log is being created" message appears after which the opened WORD.doc is immediately closed without any chance to save. I believe I noticed this problem after installing Norton System Works 2006 about 30 days ago. Have run several registry repair programs including latest PC Tools version and problem remains. Reloaded Office 2000 Professional and problem remains. All MS updates, patches and security are current. -- Thx for the help! KFBJr Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102726
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    - Can't open word97 says "this appl. req. the Window installer to ru I can't open the program Word 97. I keep getting this message. I have tried unistalling/reinstalling & can't fit it. HELP!! Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102720
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    - Word 2000: SHIFT+TAB does not decrease indent In other applications on my XP Pro SP1 machine, SHIFT+TAB decreases the tab indentation, as expected. Insertion pointer hops one tab to the left. So the keyboard appears to be working. However, on Word 2000, SHIFT+Tab tabs to the right. This is the behavior regardless of whether I check or uncheck Tools-Options->Edit "Tabs and backspace set left indent". If anyone encountered this problem and knows how to fix it, I'd be grateful for the tip. Thanks Liam Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102718
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    - Application Crashes on Document.SaveAs Method Hi, when i am using the Document.SaveAs Method, as follows call oDoc.SaveAs(FilePath) it crashes the Application, the OLD GPF Error. (in XP - send, don't send Buttons Error) it happens only with the Office Version 2000 and Office XP (2002) with OS as XP Pro (sp2) with Office 2003 the Code works fine on any OS (Win2000 / XP). Please Advise, thanks in Advance. regards, Deepak Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102716
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    - How do I stop a run tme error? I get a run time error every time I try to boot up micro-word 2003 professional. How do I just get the thing to run. Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102713
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    - "Word has a problem and must close" - Printer problem??? I get a simular message from Excel / Access / Outlook and wether I "tell microsoft" or not it makes no difference. I have downloaded every available update to Office and still the problem occurs about every 2nd or 3rd time I use the application. Any suggestions welcomed! Tag: unable to use file menu Tag: 102710

I have a client that is unable to use the file menu. dragging the cursor
over it or clicking on it does nothing. he is still able to use the view and
edit and other dropdown menus. to me it seems like a permission setting but
i am unable to find a setting in office.
any help is greatly appreciated
thanks

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Re: unable to use file menu by Herb

Herb
Fri Mar 17 20:13:13 CST 2006

To me, it looks more like corruption, either in Normal.dot, a registry
entry, or perhaps in an add-in. Has the client tried the steps shown here?

http://www.officearticles.com/word/steps_to_troubleshooting_microsoft_word.htm

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Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"donnie" <donnie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6903D39B-6CC8-44B7-86FC-F8C24032342D@microsoft.com...
> I have a client that is unable to use the file menu. dragging the cursor
> over it or clicking on it does nothing. he is still able to use the view
> and
> edit and other dropdown menus. to me it seems like a permission setting
> but
> i am unable to find a setting in office.
> any help is greatly appreciated
> thanks

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