Cannot Edit Previous or New Documents

[pour les animaux]

When I open past or current documents, for some reason I can no longer
highlight,cut & paste . . . .do any editing. I can only move through the
document with up / down arrow . . . . . cannot even edit mis-spelled words.

ANY IDEAS ?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What version of Word? If Word 2007, perhaps it is a trial version that has
expired?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[pour les animaux]

What version of Word? If Word 2007, perhaps it is a trial version that has
expired?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org


This is a full authorized, previously working program ( yesterday ) - part of the Full, registered "Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007."

The error does not occur any other Office program -only Word and I have run
the Microsoft diagnostics on it with no success.

Thank you for your reply !

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Does it work in Office Safe Mode (press Ctrl while launching it)?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[pour les animaux]

Does it work in Office Safe Mode (press Ctrl while launching it)?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org



THANK You for your help; the 'safe mode' did in fact work ! Subsequently, opening of existing documents have shown none of the previous problems . . . .I presuppose after having opened and closed the application a few times without incident that the same will be true after I shut down and reboot the computer.

I appreciate your help, Very Much ! Thank You !

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sometimes Word just needs a kick in the pants.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Critterlover]

Hi,

I am having the same problem, and it started just a few days ago. I'm using
Vista (32-bit) SP1 and Microsoft Office 2007. I have tried repairing the
Office 2007 installation, and that did not work.

I checked, and the document is not locked:

- Track changes is turned on, and I can search/replace and that works.
- I can do a Ctrl+A > Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V into a new Word doc, but cannot
double-click or highlight any word in the new document.
- When I type from the keyboard, the characters are added to the end of the
document. I can't edit those, either.
- When I create a new document, I can type new characters into it, but I
cannot edit those characters.

I tried opening Word while holding down the Ctrl key, but that did nothing
different.

Does anyone know of a recent Vista update that is causing this? This
happened to me a few months ago when a Vista SP2 was downloaded/installed on
my laptop. I rolled back to SP1 and the problem went away. I checked, and my
Vista is still SP1. I searched this and the CNET forms, and there is no
resolution for this posted anywhere that works.

HELP!!! Thank you all in advance for your help!

 

[Jay Freedman]

Click the FixIt button in the Microsoft article
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=940791. (The section of the article
titled "Let me fix it myself" explains what the button does, but the button
is easier.)

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

 

[Critterlover]

THAT FIXED IT! Thank you SO very much, Jay, you rock! I've bookmarked this
URL. Have a wonderful weekend!