thesaurus problems

[Annette]

suddenly, when I try to look up synonyms, the thesaurus will open on
the right side of the page, but will not give any suggestions. If I
right click on the word, there ARE suggestions. I have looked at the
regedit suggestions, but as I do not have the "override" folder, it
seems I do not need a regedit fix. I have tried to "change" and
"repair" settings for thesaurus in Install/Add programs, but this has
not changed anything. I have tried changing the Editing language to
something else, and changed it back, also without success.

It is possible -- but not definite -- that this change is linked to
installing an Add-in for the EndNote bibliographic software. How could
I check if this is the problem? And if it is some sort of conflict,
how might I go about solving it?

I would really really like to have both the thesaurus and the EndNote
connection as I am writing a dissertation, and use both all the time.

I have Word 2007 and Windows Vista. Thanks so much!

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Annette,

You can try starting Word in Office safe mode (hold ctrl key while starting Word) that will disable the add-ins temporarily, to see
if you get the Word functionality back. You may want to first check the research pane=>Options to see if the Thesaurus and
Dictionary choices are already check marked.

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suddenly, when I try to look up synonyms, the thesaurus will open on
the right side of the page, but will not give any suggestions. If I
right click on the word, there ARE suggestions. I have looked at the
regedit suggestions, but as I do not have the "override" folder, it
seems I do not need a regedit fix. I have tried to "change" and
"repair" settings for thesaurus in Install/Add programs, but this has
not changed anything. I have tried changing the Editing language to
something else, and changed it back, also without success.

It is possible -- but not definite -- that this change is linked to
installing an Add-in for the EndNote bibliographic software. How could
I check if this is the problem? And if it is some sort of conflict,
how might I go about solving it?

I would really really like to have both the thesaurus and the EndNote
connection as I am writing a dissertation, and use both all the time.

I have Word 2007 and Windows Vista. Thanks so much! <<
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*