depending on which version of office / word you are using :
go to Start, Settings, Control Panels, Add/Remove programs, select Microsoft
Office and and click on add/remove, it should then give you the option to
repair office, follow the prompts, you will need your original installation
cd

regards

keith
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marybeth Buchele" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:49 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] MS Word won't open


> Help!  All of a sudden, I am unable to open up Word (I have Windows 98
SE).
> I click on the Word icon, there is a brief flash of the Word opening
screen,
> then the icon appears on the bar at the bottom of the page.  If I click on
> that bar, the Word opening screen flashes on the screen, but the previous
> screen stays up.
> This happened overnight--I was at a seminar, taking notes on my laptop.
The
> first day everything was normal.  The second day everything went haywire.
> I was able to open Notepad, but that is not a satisfactory word processing
> package.  Any help you can give me would be appreciated!
> Marybeth Buchele-Moseman
>
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