Greyed out tools in Microsoft Word 2003, Prof. Edition

[Guest]

Most items in the tool bar of Word (and Access and Outlook) are greyed
out...eg I cannot copy and paste. This problem has suddenly appeared with no
obvious trigger.
I have tried Detect and Repair to no avail. I have also tried System
Restore .. but it tells me it cannot be restored!
What can I do please?
PS I am not an "expert" !

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you get any error message (in the status bar, for example) when you try?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It sounds as if you have a trial copy that has expired, or a regular copy
that wasn't activated. What do you see when you choose Help - Activate
Product?

 

[Guest]

Do you get any error message (in the status bar, for example) when you try?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Hi Suzanne

Thanks for replying....but no, I do not get any error message

 

[Guest]

It sounds as if you have a trial copy that has expired, or a regular copy
that wasn't activated. What do you see when you choose Help - Activate
Product?

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
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Thank you for your suggestion. I have just tried it...but nothing has changed.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The question (which you haven't answered) was, "What do you see?" If the
copy has been activated, you should get a message to that effect. If it
hasn't, you'll get the activation dialog. Unless it's a trial copy that has
expired, in which case you should be getting a message (somewhere) that the
action is not allowed because the document is locked for editing.

How and when did you acquire Office 2003? Did it come installed on a new
computer acquired recently? If so, it is almost certainly a trial version.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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changed.