Jay
Wed May 14 05:05:23 PDT 2008
Thanks for letting us know. Be careful and stay safe!
On Wed, 14 May 2008 01:00:02 -0700, "Chuckmg" <chuckmg@acm.org> wrote:
>Jay, followed your advice with the following results:
>1. opened blank document in Word 2007 in safe mode,
>2, In the blank document the problems were resolved
>3. opened the document, containing all the changes ... the problems
>returned. Obviously a corruped document.
>4. Since documet in question was created in Word 2003, I opened it again in
>Word 2003.
>5. still no luck
>6 opened it in Word 2003 in safe mode.
>7. now I was able to accept all changes.
>8. Opened the document again in Word 2007 ... everything now okay.
>
>
>
>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:eavvJ5RtIHA.1316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Chuck,
>>
>> I don't have answers for these two questions. In a correctly configured,
>> undamaged, and add-in-free installation of Word, these items do work as
>> advertised. However, Word has a lot of "moving parts" and a lot of places
>> for things to go wrong.
>>
>> I see in a parallel thread that you've had some trouble with Normal.dotm,
>> although you don't say whether you repaired the existing template or
>> replaced it with a new one. That's one good troubleshooting step -- check
>> again whether Track Changes is still damaged. Another step is to disable
>> any add-ins, most easily by starting Word in Safe Mode by holding down the
>> Ctrl key, and see whether Track Changes returns to correct behavior; if
>> so, start removing the add-ins one at a time to see if you can identify
>> one that's causing the problem.
>>
>> See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm for other
>> troubleshooting steps (not all related to starting Word), as well as
>>
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm.
>>
>> Chuckmg wrote:
>>> Jay,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link and all-inclusive answer to my question. But,
>>> along the same line, I have 2 ancillary (maybe one) questions: (a)
>>> When the 'Track Changes:On" is displayed in the status bar, Help says
>>> one need only click on it to turn it on or off ... that doesn't
>>> happen; (b) when I go to Review > Changes to accept all, the 'Accept'
>>> icon is grayed out.????
>>> Chuck
>>>
>>> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>> news:ennTaPGtIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Chuckmg wrote:
>>>>> When a document is opened, 'Review > Final Showing Markup' is the
>>>>> default. I know how to set it to be 'Final' for a given document,
>>>>> but can the default be set to 'Final' for all documents?
>>>>>
>>>>> Chuck
>>>>
>>>> See
>>>>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.docmanagement/browse_thread/thread/86726026a8e6f928/421cbfc271178a01?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#421cbfc271178a01
>>>>
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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