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Old May 6th, 2004, 03:31 AM
Keyboard Killer
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I've got a Dell, running XP. I can type in every other program except Word. I've tried reloading Word, going back to several restore points...and I still can't type when I open a Word document. My mouse works (can select, drag, etc.), and the menu items work (cut, paste, etc.) - any ideas?

HELP!!!
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Old May 6th, 2004, 04:03 AM
riz
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Just a wild guess...you don't have the font set for white, do you?

"Keyboard Killer" wrote in message
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I've got a Dell, running XP. I can type in every other program except

Word. I've tried reloading Word, going back to several restore points...and
I still can't type when I open a Word document. My mouse works (can select,
drag, etc.), and the menu items work (cut, paste, etc.) - any ideas?

HELP!!!



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Old May 6th, 2004, 05:34 AM
Charles Kenyon
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Have you activated your copy of Word? Check under the Help menu. If there is
a command there about "Activate" try it. If you have a version that doesn't
require activation there won't be such a command. If you have already
activated, it will tell you that.
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"Keyboard Killer" wrote in message
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I've got a Dell, running XP. I can type in every other program except

Word. I've tried reloading Word, going back to several restore points...and
I still can't type when I open a Word document. My mouse works (can select,
drag, etc.), and the menu items work (cut, paste, etc.) - any ideas?

HELP!!!



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Old May 6th, 2004, 02:25 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Assuming that your copy of Word has been activated, this may be the effect
of the PWSteal.Tarno.B virus.

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"Keyboard Killer" wrote in message
...
I've got a Dell, running XP. I can type in every other program except

Word. I've tried reloading Word, going back to several restore points...and
I still can't type when I open a Word document. My mouse works (can select,
drag, etc.), and the menu items work (cut, paste, etc.) - any ideas?

HELP!!!


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Old May 7th, 2004, 02:00 AM
Basheer
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Default Can't type in a Word document

Riz,

Try to type in word safe mode. What happens? To start
word in safe mode follow these steps:-

click on start-run-type in "winword.exe /a (without the
quotes and there is a space between .exe and /a). Hit Ok.
This will start Word in safe mode. What happens here??
Can u type??


Regards

Basheer
-----Original Message-----
Just a wild guess...you don't have the font set for

white, do you?

"Keyboard Killer" wrote in message
news:B19466FC-42C7-4234-9F36-

...
I've got a Dell, running XP. I can type in every

other program except
Word. I've tried reloading Word, going back to several

restore points...and
I still can't type when I open a Word document. My

mouse works (can select,
drag, etc.), and the menu items work (cut, paste, etc.) -

any ideas?

HELP!!!



.

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Old May 7th, 2004, 05:25 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Note, this is a diagnostic procedure (which can occasionally fix the
problem). You do not want to be opening word this way regularly, any more
than you want to be regularly opening Windows in Safe mode.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Basheer" wrote in message
...
Riz,

Try to type in word safe mode. What happens? To start
word in safe mode follow these steps:-

click on start-run-type in "winword.exe /a (without the
quotes and there is a space between .exe and /a). Hit Ok.
This will start Word in safe mode. What happens here??
Can u type??


Regards

Basheer
-----Original Message-----
Just a wild guess...you don't have the font set for

white, do you?

"Keyboard Killer" wrote in message
news:B19466FC-42C7-4234-9F36-

...
I've got a Dell, running XP. I can type in every

other program except
Word. I've tried reloading Word, going back to several

restore points...and
I still can't type when I open a Word document. My

mouse works (can select,
drag, etc.), and the menu items work (cut, paste, etc.) -

any ideas?

HELP!!!



.



 




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