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Greyed out tools in Microsoft Word 2003, Prof. Edition
Most items in the tool bar of Word (and Access and Outlook) are greyed
out...eg I cannot copy and paste. This problem has suddenly appeared with no obvious trigger. I have tried Detect and Repair to no avail. I have also tried System Restore .. but it tells me it cannot be restored! What can I do please? PS I am not an "expert" ! |
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Greyed out tools in Microsoft Word 2003, Prof. Edition
Do you get any error message (in the status bar, for example) when you try?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chatterer" wrote in message ... Most items in the tool bar of Word (and Access and Outlook) are greyed out...eg I cannot copy and paste. This problem has suddenly appeared with no obvious trigger. I have tried Detect and Repair to no avail. I have also tried System Restore .. but it tells me it cannot be restored! What can I do please? PS I am not an "expert" ! |
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It sounds as if you have a trial copy that has expired, or a regular copy
that wasn't activated. What do you see when you choose Help - Activate Product? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Chatterer" wrote in message ... Most items in the tool bar of Word (and Access and Outlook) are greyed out...eg I cannot copy and paste. This problem has suddenly appeared with no obvious trigger. I have tried Detect and Repair to no avail. I have also tried System Restore .. but it tells me it cannot be restored! What can I do please? PS I am not an "expert" ! |
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Greyed out tools in Microsoft Word 2003, Prof. Edition
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Do you get any error message (in the status bar, for example) when you try? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chatterer" wrote in message ... Most items in the tool bar of Word (and Access and Outlook) are greyed out...eg I cannot copy and paste. This problem has suddenly appeared with no obvious trigger. I have tried Detect and Repair to no avail. I have also tried System Restore .. but it tells me it cannot be restored! What can I do please? PS I am not an "expert" ! Hi Suzanne Thanks for replying....but no, I do not get any error message |
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Greyed out tools in Microsoft Word 2003, Prof. Edition
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: It sounds as if you have a trial copy that has expired, or a regular copy that wasn't activated. What do you see when you choose Help - Activate Product? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Chatterer" wrote in message ... Most items in the tool bar of Word (and Access and Outlook) are greyed out...eg I cannot copy and paste. This problem has suddenly appeared with no obvious trigger. I have tried Detect and Repair to no avail. I have also tried System Restore .. but it tells me it cannot be restored! What can I do please? PS I am not an "expert" ! Thank you for your suggestion. I have just tried it...but nothing has changed. |
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Greyed out tools in Microsoft Word 2003, Prof. Edition
The question (which you haven't answered) was, "What do you see?" If the
copy has been activated, you should get a message to that effect. If it hasn't, you'll get the activation dialog. Unless it's a trial copy that has expired, in which case you should be getting a message (somewhere) that the action is not allowed because the document is locked for editing. How and when did you acquire Office 2003? Did it come installed on a new computer acquired recently? If so, it is almost certainly a trial version. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Chatterer" wrote in message ... "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: It sounds as if you have a trial copy that has expired, or a regular copy that wasn't activated. What do you see when you choose Help - Activate Product? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Chatterer" wrote in message ... Most items in the tool bar of Word (and Access and Outlook) are greyed out...eg I cannot copy and paste. This problem has suddenly appeared with no obvious trigger. I have tried Detect and Repair to no avail. I have also tried System Restore .. but it tells me it cannot be restored! What can I do please? PS I am not an "expert" ! Thank you for your suggestion. I have just tried it...but nothing has changed. |
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