Windows Vista MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

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Hi,
I hope someone can help me, I'm kind of desperate.
From one day to another Word 2007 installed in a Windows Vista environment
stopped working properly.
I don't really know what might be the cause, maybe a Windows update or maybe
an Adobe Update, since a couple of times I had a message concerning Acrobat
Distiller (my idea is that maybe there's a conflict everytime Word has to use
some shared dll in order to be able to print or make pdf documents, but
that's just a guess).
Anyway, the symptomps are:
1. Word opens up apparently fine, but I can't use the side bar to scroll
down the pages
2. I can't click within a document, eventhough I can move the cursor with
the arrows and add characters or delete.
3. If I go to the Word options menu, I'm not able to click on any other
option besides the first line "General settings", I can't go for instance to
the "Center of Protection"
4. Everytime I shut it down, I get a message that there's has been an error
in the process, so the computer will look up for solutions, meanwhile it
restarts Word.

I uninstalled and reinstalled Word twice, but nothing has changed. Curiously
the problem is not with the general Microsoft Office Package (Powerpoint for
instance works fine).
What shoul I do? What might have caused the problem?

Thanks for any help or idea.
Ugo
 
Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

ugo wrote:

> Hi,
> I hope someone can help me, I'm kind of desperate.
> From one day to another Word 2007 installed in a Windows Vista environment
> stopped working properly.
> I don't really know what might be the cause, maybe a Windows update or
> maybe an Adobe Update, since a couple of times I had a message concerning
> Acrobat Distiller (my idea is that maybe there's a conflict everytime Word
> has to use some shared dll in order to be able to print or make pdf
> documents, but that's just a guess).
> Anyway, the symptomps are:
> 1. Word opens up apparently fine, but I can't use the side bar to scroll
> down the pages
> 2. I can't click within a document, eventhough I can move the cursor with
> the arrows and add characters or delete.
> 3. If I go to the Word options menu, I'm not able to click on any other
> option besides the first line "General settings", I can't go for instance
> to the "Center of Protection"
> 4. Everytime I shut it down, I get a message that there's has been an
> error in the process, so the computer will look up for solutions,
> meanwhile it restarts Word.
>
> I uninstalled and reinstalled Word twice, but nothing has changed.
> Curiously the problem is not with the general Microsoft Office Package
> (Powerpoint for instance works fine).
> What shoul I do? What might have caused the problem?

Try a System Restore to when things worked since this is a sudden change. To
run System Restore, go to the Start Orb and in the Start Search box type
"System Restore" without the quotes. System Restore will appear in the
Programs result. Click on it, allow the UAC prompt, and follow the wizard.

If a System Restore doesn't work, then the experts in the Word newsgroup may
have an answer for you:

microsoft.public.word.general

Malke
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Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

"ugo" <ugo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E17932E1-262B-4E5F-8F97-239CA063107C@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I hope someone can help me, I'm kind of desperate.
> From one day to another Word 2007 installed in a Windows Vista environment
> stopped working properly.
> I don't really know what might be the cause, maybe a Windows update or
> maybe
> an Adobe Update, since a couple of times I had a message concerning
> Acrobat
> Distiller (my idea is that maybe there's a conflict everytime Word has to
> use
> some shared dll in order to be able to print or make pdf documents, but
> that's just a guess).
> Anyway, the symptomps are:
> 1. Word opens up apparently fine, but I can't use the side bar to scroll
> down the pages
> 2. I can't click within a document, eventhough I can move the cursor with
> the arrows and add characters or delete.
> 3. If I go to the Word options menu, I'm not able to click on any other
> option besides the first line "General settings", I can't go for instance
> to
> the "Center of Protection"
> 4. Everytime I shut it down, I get a message that there's has been an
> error
> in the process, so the computer will look up for solutions, meanwhile it
> restarts Word.
>
> I uninstalled and reinstalled Word twice, but nothing has changed.
> Curiously
> the problem is not with the general Microsoft Office Package (Powerpoint
> for
> instance works fine).
> What shoul I do? What might have caused the problem?
>
> Thanks for any help or idea.
> Ugo

Have you tried going to Control Panel/Programs/Uninstall a Program,
selecting Microsoft Word and clicking the Repair option?
That usually works for me.

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Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:35:01 -0800, ugo wrote:

> Hi,
> I hope someone can help me, I'm kind of desperate. From one day to
> another Word 2007 installed in a Windows Vista environment stopped
> working properly.
> I don't really know what might be the cause, maybe a Windows update or
> maybe an Adobe Update, since a couple of times I had a message
> concerning Acrobat Distiller (my idea is that maybe there's a conflict
> everytime Word has to use some shared dll in order to be able to print
> or make pdf documents, but that's just a guess).
> Anyway, the symptomps are:
> 1. Word opens up apparently fine, but I can't use the side bar to scroll
> down the pages
> 2. I can't click within a document, eventhough I can move the cursor
> with the arrows and add characters or delete. 3. If I go to the Word
> options menu, I'm not able to click on any other option besides the
> first line "General settings", I can't go for instance to the "Center of
> Protection"
> 4. Everytime I shut it down, I get a message that there's has been an
> error in the process, so the computer will look up for solutions,
> meanwhile it restarts Word.
>
> I uninstalled and reinstalled Word twice, but nothing has changed.
> Curiously the problem is not with the general Microsoft Office Package
> (Powerpoint for instance works fine).
> What shoul I do? What might have caused the problem?
>
> Thanks for any help or idea.
> Ugo

As a stopgap until you can get the problem resolved, you might consider
installing OpenOffice.org. It is a complete Open Source office suite -
imports and exports MS Office files and works pretty much the same.
 
RE: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

Thank you for the replies they were all somewhat helpful eventhough none
really solves my problem:
1) Restoring the computer to a previous date it's what i'll be forced to do,
eventhough I don't like this kind of solution (i will have to reinstall more
recent programs and i always fear to lose data).
2) I tried repairing the Word installation once, it didn't work, then i
uninstalled it once and reinstalled it without positive results. Finally i
uninstalled and reinstalled the whole Office package, but it didn't solve the
problem.
3) I thought about using OpenOffice, but the compatibility sometimes is not
just perfect with the latest docs.

Thanks to everyone.
 
Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly


Hi guys,

I'm in the same sinking boat as Ugo, has anyone (especially Ugo) found
the solution to this horrid problem??

Cheers
O

> Hi,
> I hope someone can help me, I'm kind of desperate.
> From one day to another Word 2007 installed in a Windows Vista
environment
> stopped working properly.
> I don't really know what might be the cause, maybe a Windows update
or
> maybe
> an Adobe Update, since a couple of times I had a message concerning
> Acrobat
> Distiller (my idea is that maybe there's a conflict everytime Word
has to
> use
> some shared dll in order to be able to print or make pdf documents,
but
> that's just a guess).
> Anyway, the symptomps are:
> 1. Word opens up apparently fine, but I can't use the side bar to
scroll
> down the pages
> 2. I can't click within a document, eventhough I can move the cursor
with
> the arrows and add characters or delete.
> 3. If I go to the Word options menu, I'm not able to click on any
other
> option besides the first line "General settings", I can't go for
instance
> to
> the "Center of Protection"
> 4. Everytime I shut it down, I get a message that there's has been
an
> error
> in the process, so the computer will look up for solutions, meanwhile
it
> restarts Word.
>
> I uninstalled and reinstalled Word twice, but nothing has changed.
> Curiously
> the problem is not with the general Microsoft Office Package
(Powerpoint
> for
> instance works fine).
> What shoul I do? What might have caused the problem?
>
> Thanks for any help or idea.
> Ugo


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Hi -- I have the same problem as Ugo & Rat-race.co.uk. I've done
everything, even uninstalled the entire MS Office 2007 suite &
reinstalled it. And it's the same problem. I worked with a Dell tech
for hours & finally gave up and installed 2003. I think it has
something to do with the interaction of Vista & MS Office. Has anyone
found the solution to this?

Also, is anyone having a problem with System Restore? Mine has never
worked & despite repeated attempts by Dell, we can't get it to work.

Thank you.
Camille


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Hi folks I'm new here but I'm on the same sinking Word 2007 boat but
with XP Pro SP3.

Tried everything everyone has suggested so far and nothing it sits with
the hourglass sponning and all you can see is the menus along the top
but they are unclickable. If you press ESC it loads and presents you
with a nice clean page and you think hallyluyah but then the dreaded box
pops up saying it rying to repair an error then restarts and does the
same again and again. Someone said it might be do to with something
expiring but mines genuine so it can't be that can it?

Help!! BTW if you install word 2003 it works but the same Word 2007
works fine on the laptop and it was installed the same day?

Weird eh!

Any help please.

Firecat


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Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 15:04:36 +0530, firecat
<firecat.3fd4fb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote:

>Hi folks I'm new here but I'm on the same sinking Word 2007 boat but
>with XP Pro SP3.

Move your discussion to an XP group:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

or better yet, to a Word or Office group:

microsoft.public.word.newusers

microsoft.public.office.misc
 
Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

You are in the wrong group as noted, but you can try to uninstall and
reinstall to make sure you have no corrupted files.

"firecat" <firecat.3fd4fb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi folks I'm new here but I'm on the same sinking Word 2007 boat but
> with XP Pro SP3.
>
> Tried everything everyone has suggested so far and nothing it sits with
> the hourglass sponning and all you can see is the menus along the top
> but they are unclickable. If you press ESC it loads and presents you
> with a nice clean page and you think hallyluyah but then the dreaded box
> pops up saying it rying to repair an error then restarts and does the
> same again and again. Someone said it might be do to with something
> expiring but mines genuine so it can't be that can it?
>
> Help!! BTW if you install word 2003 it works but the same Word 2007
> works fine on the laptop and it was installed the same day?
>
> Weird eh!
>
> Any help please.
>
> Firecat
>
>
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Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

Download openoffice.org and use that. It is free, runs on Win, Linux
and Mac and it much better than MS Office.

firecat wrote:
> Hi folks I'm new here but I'm on the same sinking Word 2007 boat but
> with XP Pro SP3.
>
> Tried everything everyone has suggested so far and nothing it sits with
> the hourglass sponning and all you can see is the menus along the top
> but they are unclickable. If you press ESC it loads and presents you
> with a nice clean page and you think hallyluyah but then the dreaded box
> pops up saying it rying to repair an error then restarts and does the
> same again and again. Someone said it might be do to with something
> expiring but mines genuine so it can't be that can it?
>
> Help!! BTW if you install word 2003 it works but the same Word 2007
> works fine on the laptop and it was installed the same day?
>
> Weird eh!
>
> Any help please.
>
> Firecat
>
>
>
 
Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly

camille wrote:
> Hi -- I have the same problem as Ugo & Rat-race.co.uk. I've done
> everything, even uninstalled the entire MS Office 2007 suite &
> reinstalled it. And it's the same problem. I worked with a Dell tech
> for hours & finally gave up and installed 2003. I think it has
> something to do with the interaction of Vista & MS Office. Has anyone
> found the solution to this?
>
> Also, is anyone having a problem with System Restore? Mine has never
> worked & despite repeated attempts by Dell, we can't get it to work.
>
> Thank you.
> Camille
>
>
Usually the problem can be traced to the Word add-ins.
Turn off all Word add-ins. If Word 2007 then boots and functions
normally, then proceed to turn on each add-in and test Word.
HTH.
 
Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly


Hi all,

This is my first post on this site. I dunno if this will help anyone,
but from the sounds of the symptoms it could be the same troubles that I
suddenly started having with Word 2007 on VISTA (OS).

I found the solution in a post at the following URL: 'Tim Anderson’s
ITWriting - Tech writing blog » Annoying Word 2007 problem: can’t select
text' (http://tinyurl.com/54dyqw)

. Close Word and Outlook
2. Start / Run and type regedit
3. Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data
4. Rename this key.
5. Restart Word


Microsoft support site also offered a similar solution: 'How to
troubleshoot problems that occur when you start or use Word 2007, Word
2003, or Word 2002'
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;921541)

Hope this helps! :)


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Re: MS Word 2007 suddenly stopped working properly


Hi everyone: I had the exact same problem re "Microsoft Word has stopped
working". I tried the procedure suggested by inkysmiles and it WORKED!!
I'm so happy because I was just about to uninstall and reinstall until I
read that a few of you had tried it and it didn't resolve the problem.

Anyway, THANK you inkysmiles - I'm up and running again!!

Here's the procedure again:
. Close Word and Outlook
2. Start / Run and type regedit
3. Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\W ord\Data
4. Rename this key.
5. Restart Word


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