Word Only Let Me Read

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I installed MS Office 2003 which of course includes MsWord 2003. The problem
that I am encountering is this: For some technical reason my Word now only
allows me to open existing files. It won't allow me to create new docs, nor
it would allow me to insert anything, let alone edit an existing doc. In
short, all the main functions in the tool bars are "locked." How do I unlock
them? I have never encountered this problem before...

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Did you activate Office when you installed it?

 

[consgp via OfficeKB.com]

I thought it was supposed to be activated automatically? How do I do that?
And why is it that Word 2003 is running perfectly on my notebook? It is only

Did you activate Office when you installed it?

I installed MS Office 2003 which of course includes MsWord 2003. The
problem

[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]

unlock
them? I have never encountered this problem before...

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Open Word. Help - Activate product. If it's already activated, it will tell
you so. If not, follow the instructions.

As for how it might not have been activated, perhaps when you were
installing it, you accidentally told it to activate later? Hard to say. I
know that when we are installing software, we are excited about using that
software so maybe we don't pay as much attention to what we are doing and
just click blindly. Who knows? ;-)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I thought it was supposed to be activated automatically? How do I do that?
And why is it that Word 2003 is running perfectly on my notebook? It is
only

Did you activate Office when you installed it?

I installed MS Office 2003 which of course includes MsWord 2003. The
problem

[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]

unlock
them? I have never encountered this problem before...