MS Word: right mouse button does bring up context menu

[barnettj68]

Word identifies mis-spelled words correctly. When I move the mouse over the
mis-spelling and right click for the context menu nothing happens. All other
Office products still work ok but I'm having problems with word. I've
completely uninstalled and re-installed but no change. Under Tools ->
Options -> Spelling & Grammar both "Check spelling as you type" and "Check
grammar as you type" are checked. I can check spelling only by hitting F7 or
going to Tools -> Spelling & Grammar. Any have any idea what I can do to
get the context-menu working again?

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It could be corruption either of Normal.dot or of registry data. Try the
steps described here to see if you can narrow down the cause:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

Note that problems opening word often are caused by the same kinds of
problems that generate symptoms such as yours.

 

[barnettj68]

Following the steps in the URL you gave helps some but still doesn't fix the
problem. When I launch Word2003 via winword.exe /safe or winword.exe /a I
get the context menu. However, after I rename normal.dot in the user
specific & "factory preset" Startup paths still no luck. Then I deleted the
DATA registry path still same results - non contect menu. I checked for
Add-ins within Word2003 and it doesn't show any. If I wanted to remove
Office2003 what would I need to manual remove to make sure I had Office2003
completely gone?