[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

What version of Word? If there is no text on the screen, then
where does a squiggly red line appear? From your cryptic
description of the problem, I'm guessing you can't create new
Word documents, but can you open and edit existing Word documents?

Jay wrote:

I have had the system some time. It was only today that it suddenly stopped producing the written word on screen. Sometimes a squiggly red line appears