Hi-

I am unable to type or open documents in Microsoft Word 2003.
I can use all other office applications.
I can navigate menus, but the moment I try to type, paste, or if I try
to open a document it says that it encountered a problem and must
close.

I am running Windows XP Pro SP1, and have licenses for both XP and
Office Pro.

I can open plain text documents (saved from notepad).

Any recommendations?

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm.

Catherine Brown wrote:

Hi-

I am unable to type or open documents in Microsoft Word 2003.
I can use all other office applications.
I can navigate menus, but the moment I try to type, paste, or if I try
to open a document it says that it encountered a problem and must
close.

I am running Windows XP Pro SP1, and have licenses for both XP and
Office Pro.

I can open plain text documents (saved from notepad).

Any recommendations?

Thanks very much.

I looked into the folder where that document says the templates are
located... and the folder is empty. I did open Word without the /a tag
because I can navigate menus. It seems that if I try to type any new
document or open a pre-existing document that is not a plain text
document I have issues. Is that because it can't find the templates?

Should I reinstall office?


garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm.

Catherine Brown wrote:

Hi-

I am unable to type or open documents in Microsoft Word 2003.
I can use all other office applications.
I can navigate menus, but the moment I try to type, paste, or if I try
to open a document it says that it encountered a problem and must
close.

I am running Windows XP Pro SP1, and have licenses for both XP and
Office Pro.

I can open plain text documents (saved from notepad).

Any recommendations?

Reinstalling Office probably won't help. Did you enable display of
hidden files as suggested in the article? When you start Word with the
/a switch, can you open an existing document or create a new document?
If not, select a different default printer in Windows (click on Start |
Control Panel | Printers | right-click on a different printer |
left-click on "Set as Default" | OK), and try opening an existing
document or creating a new document again... are you able to?

Catherine Brown wrote:

Thanks very much.

I looked into the folder where that document says the templates are
located... and the folder is empty. I did open Word without the /a tag
because I can navigate menus. It seems that if I try to type any new
document or open a pre-existing document that is not a plain text
document I have issues. Is that because it can't find the templates?

Should I reinstall office?


garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm.

Catherine Brown wrote:


Hi-

I am unable to type or open documents in Microsoft Word 2003.
I can use all other office applications.
I can navigate menus, but the moment I try to type, paste, or if I try
to open a document it says that it encountered a problem and must
close.

I am running Windows XP Pro SP1, and have licenses for both XP and
Office Pro.

I can open plain text documents (saved from notepad).

Any recommendations?

Well, it's fixed. It was one of two issues: either the printer (which
was set to a random network printer that doesn't stay deleted) or the
fact that I had a few bad sectors on the hard disk, which my computer
repaired.
Anyway, it's fixed. Thank you for your help.


garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...
Reinstalling Office probably won't help. Did you enable display of
hidden files as suggested in the article? When you start Word with the
/a switch, can you open an existing document or create a new document?
If not, select a different default printer in Windows (click on Start |
Control Panel | Printers | right-click on a different printer |
left-click on "Set as Default" | OK), and try opening an existing
document or creating a new document again... are you able to?

Catherine Brown wrote:

Thanks very much.

I looked into the folder where that document says the templates are
located... and the folder is empty. I did open Word without the /a tag
because I can navigate menus. It seems that if I try to type any new
document or open a pre-existing document that is not a plain text
document I have issues. Is that because it can't find the templates?

Should I reinstall office?


garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm.

Catherine Brown wrote:


Hi-

I am unable to type or open documents in Microsoft Word 2003.
I can use all other office applications.
I can navigate menus, but the moment I try to type, paste, or if I try
to open a document it says that it encountered a problem and must
close.

I am running Windows XP Pro SP1, and have licenses for both XP and
Office Pro.

I can open plain text documents (saved from notepad).

Any recommendations?

good to hear :-)

Catherine Brown wrote:

Well, it's fixed. It was one of two issues: either the printer (which
was set to a random network printer that doesn't stay deleted) or the
fact that I had a few bad sectors on the hard disk, which my computer
repaired.
Anyway, it's fixed. Thank you for your help.


garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...

Reinstalling Office probably won't help. Did you enable display of
hidden files as suggested in the article? When you start Word with the
/a switch, can you open an existing document or create a new document?
If not, select a different default printer in Windows (click on Start |
Control Panel | Printers | right-click on a different printer |
left-click on "Set as Default" | OK), and try opening an existing
document or creating a new document again... are you able to?

Catherine Brown wrote:


Thanks very much.

I looked into the folder where that document says the templates are
located... and the folder is empty. I did open Word without the /a tag
because I can navigate menus. It seems that if I try to type any new
document or open a pre-existing document that is not a plain text
document I have issues. Is that because it can't find the templates?

Should I reinstall office?


garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...


See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm.

Catherine Brown wrote:



Hi-

I am unable to type or open documents in Microsoft Word 2003.
I can use all other office applications.
I can navigate menus, but the moment I try to type, paste, or if I try
to open a document it says that it encountered a problem and must
close.

I am running Windows XP Pro SP1, and have licenses for both XP and
Office Pro.

I can open plain text documents (saved from notepad).

Any recommendations?

[jmabrams75]

Help! I am having this same problem and I can not fix it!!! I tried to click on the link to read your tips - but the link appears to be broken.

Can you please either post the solution or post a new link. I can not work and it is driving me crazy!

Originally Posted by garfield-n-odie

good to hear :-)

Catherine Brown wrote:

Well, it's fixed. It was one of two issues: either the printer (which
was set to a random network printer that doesn't stay deleted) or the
fact that I had a few bad sectors on the hard disk, which my computer
repaired.
Anyway, it's fixed. Thank you for your help.


garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...

Reinstalling Office probably won't help. Did you enable display of
hidden files as suggested in the article? When you start Word with the
/a switch, can you open an existing document or create a new document?
If not, select a different default printer in Windows (click on Start |
Control Panel | Printers | right-click on a different printer |
left-click on "Set as Default" | OK), and try opening an existing
document or creating a new document again... are you able to?

Catherine Brown wrote:


Thanks very much.

I looked into the folder where that document says the templates are
located... and the folder is empty. I did open Word without the /a tag
because I can navigate menus. It seems that if I try to type any new
document or open a pre-existing document that is not a plain text
document I have issues. Is that because it can't find the templates?

Should I reinstall office?


garfield-n-odie wrote in message ...


See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm.

Catherine Brown wrote:



Hi-

I am unable to type or open documents in Microsoft Word 2003.
I can use all other office applications.
I can navigate menus, but the moment I try to type, paste, or if I try
to open a document it says that it encountered a problem and must
close.

I am running Windows XP Pro SP1, and have licenses for both XP and
Office Pro.

I can open plain text documents (saved from notepad).

Any recommendations?