Can't left click and highlight in Word 2007 document

[Mel L.]

I lost some mouse function in Word 2007. I can open a document but cannot
place cursor anywhere. I can move the "I" bar around but when I left click
nothing happens. Can't right click in a document either. All functions of
mouse work in all other applications. Also, I can't click and navigate
around in "Word Options" dialog box or "Customize Quick Access Toolbar" pull
down boxes either. Re-starting Word does not help and Re-booting computer
does not help either. I'm running Vista business on Dell workstation. Using
Microsoft Natural Laser Mouse 6000. Been using Word 2007 for some time with
no problem until now. Anybody have any ideas.

 

[Emprovision]

Are all the features under the tabs grayed out as well?

 

[Mel L.]

No they are not. Word crashes and re-starts quite often when I try to close
the application. Also seems to run slow and I get "not responding" messages
briefly quite often.

 

[Coupon100]

I am getting exactly the same thing out of my Word 2007 on Vista. I have yet
to see a fix and I'm at a loss on what to do. Office had been working find
for quite some time and this has appeared suddenly.

 

[Sajid1975]

I am also having this issue even after rebuilding my computer from scratch. I
think it may be a conflict with one of the Windows updates.

 

[Frenchy]

I have myself the same problem, everything was working fine until yesterday...
I have reinstalled Office 2007 but I still can't click in a word document.
I have Office 2007 running on a Dell Workstation under Windows Vista...

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Close Word and run regedit, find the Word Data key
(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\version number\Word\Data), and
delete it. Word will build a new key upon startup.

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

 

[Frenchy]

Thank you so much, now it works!

 

[liljohncubs]

I opened up regedit and got all the way to microsoft word but there is no
data folder just addins. what should i do?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You missed a step: you are in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins, you need to be in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

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

 

[liljohncubs]

Oh you were right thank you for the help

You missed a step: you are in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins, you need to be in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

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

 

[Starbucks lover]

Thanks for the advice...that definitely solved my problem...does anyone know
why that happened and how to prevent it from happening again?