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First: I have Word 97 (I know, an antique) and I'm in the middle of
a project utilizing it. However, it keeps freezing and forcing me to wait and wait and wait until I can close it down and sometimes reboot and start all over again. Is there a fix for this? Or a site I can go to for tweaking old versions of Word? I understand that Microsoft is no longer offering support on my antique. BTW, I believe that Word came on my computer, so I'm not sure that I have a copy of it to re-install. Second: If I am to buy a new version of Word, I have been told that 2003 is more like 97 and would be easier for me to work with. I don't have time for a huge learning curve (my deadline looms!), and I understand that that's what would be involved if I were to buy 2007. Where can I buy 2003? And what does it mean when the title of the Word product says "upgrade"? Possibly my version is to old to "upgrade"! Any advice? Thanks! |
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It would help to know what exactly you are doing when the program freezes.
In the meantime - see http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...artingWord.htm. (Where relevant Word 97 is Word 8.0) If you don't have the disc re-installing or repairing Word 97 could be a problem, though the setup files may still be on your PC. I believe Word 97 does qualify as a product that can be used to validate an upgrade, but Word 2007 would mean a very steep re-learning curve. Amazon had Office 2003 available last time I looked, but if you only want Word, Works Suite could be a cheaper alternative. I can't remember without looking it up (and you can do that) whether Works Suite still includes Word 2002. You should be able to pickup Word 97 from rummage sales or eBay for peanuts. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Wordwanderer wrote: First: I have Word 97 (I know, an antique) and I'm in the middle of a project utilizing it. However, it keeps freezing and forcing me to wait and wait and wait until I can close it down and sometimes reboot and start all over again. Is there a fix for this? Or a site I can go to for tweaking old versions of Word? I understand that Microsoft is no longer offering support on my antique. BTW, I believe that Word came on my computer, so I'm not sure that I have a copy of it to re-install. Second: If I am to buy a new version of Word, I have been told that 2003 is more like 97 and would be easier for me to work with. I don't have time for a huge learning curve (my deadline looms!), and I understand that that's what would be involved if I were to buy 2007. Where can I buy 2003? And what does it mean when the title of the Word product says "upgrade"? Possibly my version is to old to "upgrade"! Any advice? Thanks! |
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This happened to me once using Excel. I got to looking and realized that for
some reason, the file was enormous...and shouldn't have been. I never did figure out how all the extra rows got in there (and couldn't be deleted), but all I did to solve the problem was to start a new blank spreadsheet (in your case it would be a new document) and the just copy/paste ONLY the actual text. This might not work, but it's worth a try if the size of your document appears to be unusually larger than it should be. If it IS a large file due to graphics, etc., you might try temporarily dividing it into 2 documents so that you can finish working on it. Then simply copy the 2nd document back to the end of the first. A final suggestion would be to convert it to another Word Processing program that has full functions (not just a text editor) and then convert it back to Word once you get past the part that freezes it. I hope one of these suggestions helps. If you use the 2nd idea & then have trouble appending them, if you wish to send them separately to me, I'd be happy to append them for you. "Wordwanderer" wrote: First: I have Word 97 (I know, an antique) and I'm in the middle of a project utilizing it. However, it keeps freezing and forcing me to wait and wait and wait until I can close it down and sometimes reboot and start all over again. Is there a fix for this? Or a site I can go to for tweaking old versions of Word? I understand that Microsoft is no longer offering support on my antique. BTW, I believe that Word came on my computer, so I'm not sure that I have a copy of it to re-install. Second: If I am to buy a new version of Word, I have been told that 2003 is more like 97 and would be easier for me to work with. I don't have time for a huge learning curve (my deadline looms!), and I understand that that's what would be involved if I were to buy 2007. Where can I buy 2003? And what does it mean when the title of the Word product says "upgrade"? Possibly my version is to old to "upgrade"! Any advice? Thanks! |
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