Unable to open Word in Office97

A

A Wright

When I try to open Word the page is a small icon in my
tray and cannot be enlarged. I have reinstalled Office97
with no effect. I then uninstalled the Word portion and
then installed the Word portion. The same problem
continues. Why is reinstalling not correcting this problem?
Thanks
 
B

Beth Melton

It sounds like the window is opening off the Desktop when it is
Restored.

Here are a few things to try to get it back:

- Open another window, right-click an empty area of the Taskbar and
select "Cascade"

If that doesn't work then:

- Right-click the Word task and click "Restore" if necessary
- Right-click again and select "Move"
- Use one of the arrow keys on the keyboard to "lock in" the move
command
- Use your mouse and see if you can move it back to the Desktop

If the above doesn't work then follow the steps in this article for
recreating the Word\Data key in the Registry. Note that all you need
to do is rename/delete the Toolbars value of the key instead of
recreating the entire key:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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