Fully realizing that I bought a Microsoft product (stupid me), I am
experiencing problems with Word 2002.

When I try to create a horizontal line in a Word document, I get an error
reading "Media Catalog Object has detected an error and needs to close."

Then, as if this is surprising, Word freezes up and I have to force it to
close. I already ran the detect and repair option, and nothing.

Any ideas? Or should I just buy an Apple now rather than later?