why does Word sometimes close down for no apparent reason?

[Cassie]

if I am switching between Word and Excel for example, sometimes Word just
closes down - it drives me mad and I don't know why it happens

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If you have handwriting recognition enabled, you could be experiencing a bug
in that feature. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555169 "Word Quits
Unexpectedly When Selecting a Document from the Windows Taskbar".