Word doesn't appear on screen??

[John Arnold]

I was happily working today.....

I have Windows XP Home with SP2.

I quit and saved a Word (Office XP) document. Came back later and tried to
open Word.

See the splash panel (with logo & copyright & stuff)....and then nothing.
There is a reference/visual in the toolbar down at the bottom of the screen
telling me that Word is running. Ctrl-Alt-Del also tells me Word is
running. But I can't see anything.

I've tried "System Restore".....but even going back a couple days my
computer tells me "Unable to restore....find another point". That's
bizarre.

I've opened other programs....Excel, for example, is not a problem. Also
ran Norton SystemsWorks 2005 one-button-fix.... Rebooted, etc. Cleared
cache, etc. I'm not in hi-tech, but I'm not a lost-neophyte either. So I'm
puzzled. Worse, I can work on my document.

I've also gone to Windows update....and to Office update....but clicking the
site to scan my computer tells me there is no new update.

Suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

John

 

[Barry Schwarz]

I was happily working today.....

I have Windows XP Home with SP2.

I quit and saved a Word (Office XP) document. Came back later and tried to
open Word.

See the splash panel (with logo & copyright & stuff)....and then nothing.
There is a reference/visual in the toolbar down at the bottom of the screen
telling me that Word is running. Ctrl-Alt-Del also tells me Word is
running. But I can't see anything.

I have this problem with several applications on Win 98. In my case,
the non-maximized window for the application has magically been
repositioned off the desktop. I can get it back two ways:

Right click on the entry for the application on the start bar and
select maximize. The window comes up full screen. However, then
clicking on the restore button (the middle one of the three at the top
right of the window with the small picture of two windows) causes it
to disappear again.

Right click on the start bar entry and select move. The mouse
pointer should change to the repositioning pointer (the one with four
arrows pointing every which way) and move to the bottom right of your
desktop. Hit space once and move the mouse pointer to the middle of
the screen. The mouse should be dragging a really small window with
it. Left click once complete the move. Then position the mouse
pointer on a corner of this window, left click and hold, and drag the
mouse pointer to resize the window to your preference.


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