Word 2000 (Office 2000 Small Business) and Windows XP OS

[Bill Crawford]

I installed Office 2000 Small Business on my Windows XP machine, and Word
does not open successfully. It opens partially and then I get a "Progam has
stopped responding" message. Is there a fix?

 

[Terry Farrell]

Have you locally installed a printer driver and set it as the windows
default printer?

 

[Bill Crawford]

No I haven't. Should I?

Have you locally installed a printer driver and set it as the windows
default printer?

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP



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[Terry Farrell]

Yes. Word uses the printer driver to calculate how the document gets set
out. It must have a printer driver to work.

Terry

 

[Terry Farrell]

I should add that it doesn't matter if you don't actually have a printer,
Word needs to see the locally installed printer driver set as the Windows
Default. So if you don't have a printer, chose one of the basic drivers that
come with Windows. Just do an Add Printer and search the list for one you
think suitable.

Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This may not be as easy as it sounds. Some printers can't be installed
without a physical connection; they are too "smart."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org