microsoft word

[Maddwraph]

i haev micrsoft word in my computer and when i try typing, it doesn type or erase or anything and says on the bottom when i try typing "this command is not available because the document is locked for edit" i need to do some whomework for tomorow and this is really aggrevatiing. it worked last week when i used it.

[gheinisch]

The only thing I can think of is if your in "Outline View" you should have a outline toolbar. From the tool bar you can lock and unlock your document. I believe that may only be if you have a sub-document however. Just my thoughts, any others? In need of some Word experts out there.

[gheinisch]

OK, I just thought of another. If you go to the forms toolbar you can lock and unlock your Doc. to prevent it from being change in any way. Go to view, toolbars, and forms to get the toolbar up. if the lock is down then click on it to release it. That's all I can come up with. Hope one of them works! Good Luck!

[Maddwraph]

where is this outline view? i cant find it.

[gheinisch]

Bottom left of your document you'll see some small boxes that look like pages. Put your cursor over them and it will tell you what view each is. Sorry I can't be more help. Maybe someone else here will have the answer for you.

[gheinisch]

OK, I found some more info you. I think this might fix your problem.

 

Hope this does it!

 

SYMPTOMS

 

When you try to edit old or new documents, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:

 

This command is not available because the document is locked for edit.

 

You cannot create any new documents and you cannot save documents. Additionally, you may also notice many menu commands are unavailable (appear dimmed).

 

CAUSE

 

This issue occurs when Microsoft Office has not been activated or the issue occurs after the Office program has been activated, and then the program has not been closed. Without activation, Office programs operate in Reduced Functionality mode and exhibit this behavior.

 

RESOLUTION

 

To check whether the product has been activated, click Activate Product on the Help menu. If the product has been activated, a dialog box is a displayed with a statement that the product has been activated. Otherwise, the Office Activation Wizard starts and permits you to activate the product.

 

REFERENCES

 

For additional information about Office activation, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

 

293151 Description of the Office Activation Wizard

[Maddwraph]

it tried activatiing, but it sayid this has been activated on another comp. oh well, thanks a lot, you were a huge help, and your awesome, i appreciate it, (no sarcasm). dam bill gates.

[Maddwraph]

i might have to buy a new microsoft word, anyone know how much one is?

[TheDevilAside]

If I were you, I'd just download a program called Open Office. It's "open source" (part of the whole 'Linux revolution'), free, compatiable with Windows, and is just as good, if not better, than Microsoft Office. Also, I'm pretty sure it's cross-compatiable with Microsoft Word, so you shouldn't have problems with transfering the text files between the two programs.

 

Here's a link:

 

http://www.openoffice.org/

[Maddwraph]

hm... im just getting bad luck with computers, it told me to exract the files and i did (the open office) and it when the extraction was done, it just closed and nothing happened. man im dum.