Why do I get a black screen when I open Microsoft Word?

[Brentro]

When I open Microsoft Word (Office XP edition) I get a black screen. Why is
this happening and what can I do to fix it? I am running Office XP with
Microsoft Windows 98SE.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Could be a variation of the problem described in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303507 "Black bar appears across the
page when you type text in Word 2002".