Word 2003 Crashes - Formatting Changes

[Tami]

I thought when a program was upgraded there would be improvements. It seems
that with Word 2003, there was a drastic downgrade to the program.

When I'm making minor formatting changes to a document (e.g. bullets, tabs,
underline, bold, italic, paragraph spacing, etc) the document does one of two
things.

It either turns the entire document into the format of the top row. If the
top row is Times Roman, Bold, 14pts, EVERYTHING becomes Times Roman, Bold,
14pts and I have to CTRL-Z to revert everything back to where it was,
including the format change to a specific row/word...or...

When I make the formatting change, Word appears to be saving the document
and hangs for several minutes. When I click on the button for that document,
I have only two options -- "Minimize" or "Close". When I take one of these
options, I get a pop-up that tells me Windows has to close.

This is extremely frustrating! Please explain why this happens and if it can
be fixed.

Thanks.

 

[TF]

The former problem is because you have set the normal style to Automatically
Update.

The latter problem is probably due to a driver or hardware problem. Try
updating both your graphics and printer drivers and see if that stabilizes
your computer.



:I thought when a program was upgraded there would be improvements. It seems
: that with Word 2003, there was a drastic downgrade to the program.
:
: When I'm making minor formatting changes to a document (e.g. bullets,
tabs,
: underline, bold, italic, paragraph spacing, etc) the document does one of
two
: things.
:
: It either turns the entire document into the format of the top row. If the
: top row is Times Roman, Bold, 14pts, EVERYTHING becomes Times Roman, Bold,
: 14pts and I have to CTRL-Z to revert everything back to where it was,
: including the format change to a specific row/word...or...
:
: When I make the formatting change, Word appears to be saving the document
: and hangs for several minutes. When I click on the button for that
document,
: I have only two options -- "Minimize" or "Close". When I take one of these
: options, I get a pop-up that tells me Windows has to close.
:
: This is extremely frustrating! Please explain why this happens and if it
can
: be fixed.
:
: Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For the first problem, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

 

[Tami]

TF -
I checked my Normal Style and the "Automatically Update" is not checked off.

An added issue - Just now, I set up a document with a header (Arial, 14pts,
Bold & center) and added a 3-column table below. I wanted the text in the
header to be Arial, 9pts, bold, center) and the first column (below the
header row) Arial, 9pts, left justification). Colums 2-3 are the both with
bullet points, 2 levels, Arial 9pts.

When I bolded the first column, EVERYTHING, including the header, became
Arial 9pts, bold. When I attempted to Bold and Centre the table's top row,
EVERYTHING took on that style.

Please explain why this is happening.

 

[Tami]

TF - re the second issue. I work for a large company and all I/T issues must
go thru our I/T department, my supervisor and manager. Unfortunately, I can't
make these changes. If it means anything, I'm working on a Dell P3.

Thanks again.

 

[TF]

Tami

Dell machines can connect direct to Dell support on line which is able to
determine if the drivers are up to date with little user intervention. I'm
sure your IT dept could manage that!

Terry

: TF - re the second issue. I work for a large company and all I/T issues
must
: go thru our I/T department, my supervisor and manager. Unfortunately, I
can't
: make these changes. If it means anything, I'm working on a Dell P3.
:
: Thanks again.
:
:
: "TF" wrote:
:
: > The former problem is because you have set the normal style to
Automatically
: > Update.
: >
: > The latter problem is probably due to a driver or hardware problem. Try
: > updating both your graphics and printer drivers and see if that
stabilizes
: > your computer.
: >
: > --
: > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
:
: >
: > : > :I thought when a program was upgraded there would be improvements. It
seems
: > : that with Word 2003, there was a drastic downgrade to the program.
: > :
: > : When I'm making minor formatting changes to a document (e.g. bullets,
: > tabs,
: > : underline, bold, italic, paragraph spacing, etc) the document does one
of
: > two
: > : things.
: > :
: > : It either turns the entire document into the format of the top row. If
the
: > : top row is Times Roman, Bold, 14pts, EVERYTHING becomes Times Roman,
Bold,
: > : 14pts and I have to CTRL-Z to revert everything back to where it was,
: > : including the format change to a specific row/word...or...
: > :
: > : When I make the formatting change, Word appears to be saving the
document
: > : and hangs for several minutes. When I click on the button for that
: > document,
: > : I have only two options -- "Minimize" or "Close". When I take one of
these
: > : options, I get a pop-up that tells me Windows has to close.
: > :
: > : This is extremely frustrating! Please explain why this happens and if
it
: > can
: > : be fixed.
: > :
: > : Thanks.
: >
: >
: >

 

[TF]

Check what style is being used when you make the changes. This is definitely
the symptom that the style being used is set to automatically update: there
is no other explanation.

terry


: TF -
: I checked my Normal Style and the "Automatically Update" is not checked
off.
:
: An added issue - Just now, I set up a document with a header (Arial,
14pts,
: Bold & center) and added a 3-column table below. I wanted the text in the
: header to be Arial, 9pts, bold, center) and the first column (below the
: header row) Arial, 9pts, left justification). Colums 2-3 are the both with
: bullet points, 2 levels, Arial 9pts.
:
: When I bolded the first column, EVERYTHING, including the header, became
: Arial 9pts, bold. When I attempted to Bold and Centre the table's top row,
: EVERYTHING took on that style.
:
: Please explain why this is happening.
:
: "TF" wrote:
:
: > The former problem is because you have set the normal style to
Automatically
: > Update.
: >
: > The latter problem is probably due to a driver or hardware problem. Try
: > updating both your graphics and printer drivers and see if that
stabilizes
: > your computer.
: >
: > --
: > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
:
: >
: > : > :I thought when a program was upgraded there would be improvements. It
seems
: > : that with Word 2003, there was a drastic downgrade to the program.
: > :
: > : When I'm making minor formatting changes to a document (e.g. bullets,
: > tabs,
: > : underline, bold, italic, paragraph spacing, etc) the document does one
of
: > two
: > : things.
: > :
: > : It either turns the entire document into the format of the top row. If
the
: > : top row is Times Roman, Bold, 14pts, EVERYTHING becomes Times Roman,
Bold,
: > : 14pts and I have to CTRL-Z to revert everything back to where it was,
: > : including the format change to a specific row/word...or...
: > :
: > : When I make the formatting change, Word appears to be saving the
document
: > : and hangs for several minutes. When I click on the button for that
: > document,
: > : I have only two options -- "Minimize" or "Close". When I take one of
these
: > : options, I get a pop-up that tells me Windows has to close.
: > :
: > : This is extremely frustrating! Please explain why this happens and if
it
: > can
: > : be fixed.
: > :
: > : Thanks.
: >
: >
: >