Hi Paula,

Click start and type "regedit" (without the quotes), then hit <enter>. Click
continue at the prompt. This will open the registry editor, and you must be
careful about what you do here.

Expand the branches at left by clicking the triangles to reach the listed
subkey (each key looks like a folder). Basically, click the triangle in
front of each of these in succesion (each is a subkey below the previous
one):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Software
Microsoft
Office
12.0
Word

Under this level you should find the Data key. Right click on the "Data" key
to rename it. Doesn't matter what you call it, just not "Data". Once
completed, close the registry editor and restart the program.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"Paula" <Paula.3kshra@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> inkysmiles;3981625 Wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is my first post on this site. I dunno if this will help anyone,
>> but from the sounds of the symptoms it could be the same troubles that
>> I
>> suddenly started having with Word 2007 on VISTA (OS).
>>
>> I found the solution in a post at the following URL: 'Tim Anderson's
>> ITWriting - Tech writing blog » Annoying Word 2007 problem: can't
>> select
>> text' ([url]http://tinyurl.com/54dyqw[/url])
>>
>> . Close Word and Outlook
>> 2. Start / Run and type regedit
>> 3. Navigate to
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data
>> 4. Rename this key.
>> 5. Restart Word
>>
>>
>> Microsoft support site also offered a similar solution: 'How to
>> troubleshoot problems that occur when you start or use Word 2007, Word
>> 2003, or Word 2002'
>> ([url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B921541[/url])
>>
>> Hope this helps! :)
>>
>>
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>
> I have the same problem with Vista/Word 2007 and would like to follow
> inkysmiles' advice but don't know what it means to "rename the key."
> Any elucidation would be appreciated.
>
> (Thank you, Rick for help on posting.)
>
>
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