Space bar, period, comma quit working in Word 2003

[Joy]

They work in every other program, just not Word 2003. Any suggestions?

 

[Brian]

Under Tools\Options General tab, make sure the 2 wordperfect check boxes are
unchecked.

Hope this helps,

 

[Joy]

Thanks for the suggestion. They were not checked. I have a transcription
program that uses Word and I am not having that problem when I transcribe;
however, it seems that my medical dictionary has gone missing as well. I
tried the Repair option and it didn't help. Any other suggestions?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Is the correct language applied to text? See also the following article by
Cindy Meister:

Get control of language formatting in Word
http://www.homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm.

 

[Brian]

Possible addin?

Try starting Word in safe mode and see if the problem persists. If working
in safe mode check for any addins Tools\Templates and add-ins

You could also rename your normal.dot file to normal.bak in windows explorer
and re- start word.

I'll see if I can find any other reference.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Start Word in Safe Mode and test. From Start, Run, type in

winword /a

and press enter. Do all keyboard characters type OK in Safe Mode?

 

[Joy]

Yes, they do.

Start Word in Safe Mode and test. From Start, Run, type in

winword /a

and press enter. Do all keyboard characters type OK in Safe Mode?

 

[Joy]

Thank you for the suggestion. The language was correct.

 

[Terry Farrell]

That narrows it down to the most likely suspects as being a corrupt
normal.dot (unlikely), corrupt Word Data Key in the registry (unlikely) or a
corrupt/incompatible add-in. I suggest removing all the add-ins, testing to
see if it is OK, then re-add the add-ins until you find the culprit. The
transcription program seems to most likely suspect though.

See how to find add-ins

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalled.htm

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011514521033.aspx

 

[Joy]

Thanks again for the help. There were no add-ins, but I did rename
normal.dot to normal.bak and restarted Word and everything is back to normal.
Thanks so much for your help!

 

[Joy]

Thanks so much for your help. It was in fact a correct normal.dot I
followed Brian's instructions above and it seemed to clear everything up.
Thanks again for your time and help!

 

[Terry Farrell]

What a bizarre set of symptoms for a bad normal.dot! Quite unusual but not a
surprise though. At least all is OK now.

Terry