[Terry Farrell]

Many third party add-ins are accomplished by installing a dot file in the
Word Start-up folder. Find the folder and temporarily remove any contents.
Test that Word is OK now. If it is OK, replace the dot files one at a time,
testing Word until you find the culprit. (Note that you must close and
restart Word as you add or remove the files from the Start-up folder.)

Terry

"Betty" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestion. I can edit and save documents. I started Word
in
safe mode, and as you said, I WAS able to select text then. I'm not sure
how
to go about checking and eliminating "add-ons." Can you give me a little
more direction on how to do that? Thanks much!
--
BFP


"Terry Farrell" wrote:

Presuming that you can still edit and save the document and it is only
selection that is the problem (?), then this is usually an incompatible
third party add-in. Start Word in Safe Mode and test. From Start, Run
(Winkey+R) type in

winword /a

and press enter. Open a document and test selection now. If it works,
then
look to see what add-ins are present and remove them one at a time until
Word works normally again.

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Betty" wrote in message
...
I cannot select text with the cursor/pointer in Word 2007. I am able to
select text with the cursor in Excel and other programs, so I know my
mouse
is working. I have a laptop with a built-in mouse-pad.

Thanks for any help you can provide.
--
BFP