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Microsoft Word - Computer came with MS Word Starter 2010

Computer came with MS Word Starter 2010

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 02:41 PM PDT

My HP, Windows 7 computer came with MS Word Starter 2010, which has been working fine until yesterday when I wanted to open a document and saw that all my documents now have a DOCX next to them.  When I clicked on it, it came up with an option to buy Word or give a pin no. and it came with the computer so I have no pin.  What is going on and did MS change it for some reason?  How recover these files so I don't lose them and can open them.  I'm not that advanced in computer use.  I did go to the default area, clicked on one and tried to change it to what was offered which is my Word 2010 starter and nothing took.  It wouldn't change back.  Someone suggested I must have changed something in my default, but I did not.  Help.  By the way, I have Norton 360 so didn't think it was caused by a virus.  However, unless I was also dreaming, when I went on my computer I didn't notice the Norton logo on my toolbar at the bottom, but thinking it must have been there as I put in the disk for Norton which has 3 times it can be used and although it sounded like it was running, I never was asked for the code that has to be put in so I thought it must have been on there all along.  However, I did now see the logo.  I did a full system scan and it came up with 70 things it found and fixed or eliminated but also I noticed it had a bunch of medium risk ones which I've never seen on before with a scan and it said it blocked them.  Don't know if there's anything that could knock Norton off my computer so I'd have to reload it and that would give a virus time to get into the computer.  I need help to do something simple or probably can't do it myself.  The man at Staples tried to tell me that Word starter is not free anymore but that would insinuate that MS made the changes remotely.  I'm not buying that idea as it was said to come with Starter and never told me it had an expiration period and never saw that posted either.  I got the computer in 2011.  Thanks for any help.

How do I get Microsoft Office 2010 to stop asking for the product key?

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 02:31 PM PDT

In spring of 2012, I bought this HP Pavilion desktop running Windows 7 Home Premium, and it came pre-installed with Microsoft Office Starter and Excel Starter. No powerpoint or anything, but I didn't need those, so that was fine.  It is now mid-September of 2013, and everything had been working fine... until today. Now, whenever I try to open an Office document that is either in the "My Documents" folder or shortcutted on my screen, it will refuse to open the document saying that Office is not installed on my computer and that I need to either install it or enter a product key.

BUT. I have Office pinned to my task bar, and whenever I open the program by clicking on it there, or by going through the start menu, it opens just fine. Indeed, I can get to my documents now by opening Office first and then opening the document from inside of there. Still, though... It's annoying that I can't just open the folder I need anymore, or even use "My Documents" or any of my office shortcuts. I've tried restarting my computer, and checking for updates, but no dice. It's not like I was running a trial version and it ran out, either. One of the major reasons I chose this computer was because I wouldn't have to put up with that.

Is there any way to fix this? I don't like how much this problem is slowing down my work flow, and I'm seeing less and less reason all the time to not just work in Google Docs for everything. (The product key is long-gone in all the chaos of moving three times since I bought this, but there's no reason why I should have to use that at all.)

Microsoft Word 2010 will not open my saved documents

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:52 PM PDT

I have Microsoft Word 2010 that was already installed on my computer when I purchased it at Costco.  Recently it stopped allowing me to open my documents or any documents that were sent to me.  Now whenever I click on one of my documents the Microsoft Installation screen pops up and I say to Activate then it asks for a Product Key.  

 

But the program was already installed on my computer when I bought it back in 2010 from Costco when they still had Word Starter on the computers instead of the 90-Day trial like they do now.  I was told that this is happening because of Microsoft's recent update. 


It is NOT a trial edition, I bought my computer 3 years ago and just recently stopped working.


Does anyone know how to fix this please?

 

Thank you!

Microsoft Word Starter 2010

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 12:10 PM PDT

All my documents from Microsoft Word Starter 2010 that I have saved in my Document folder; the icons have turned to gold and say that the Microsoft Office product necessary to open this file is not installed on your computer.  It says that I have to purchase the program or if I already purchased the program to put in the product key number. I am not sure what this is. 

When I bought my computer Microsoft Word Starter 2010 was already on my computer. 

Why did this happen. I was able to open my documents a few days ago and it seems that since my computer did the windows updates, I have not been able to access them.  Not sure if this is the reason why.

Could you please help me out. 

Thank you Susan

not able to open pdf through Microsoft word in Document Library.

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 11:22 AM PDT

My pdf files are posted in the Document Library files and I was able to access the pdf through Word. Now I cant open the pdf  but only view it  When I open it I get a set of gggflgoo below   %PDF-1.6 %粤ﾏﾓ 4 0 obj <</Linearized 1/L 48999/O 6/E 45258/N 1/T 48873/H [ 916 187]>> endobj                     xref 4 31 0000000016 00000 n 0000001103 00000 n 0000001162 00000 n 0000001620 00000 n 0000001707 00000 n 0000002531 00000 n 0000002623 00000 n 0000003412 00000 n 0000004180 00000 n 0000004980 00000 n 0000005787 00000 n 0000006566 00000 n 0000006655 00000 n 0000007419 00000 n 0000008204 00000 n 0000010836 00000 n 0000012232 00000 n 0000015543 00000 n 0000018379 00000 n 0000018770 00000 n 0000019123 00000 n 0000020250 00000 n 0000021015 00000 n 0000021569 00000 n 0000022343 00000 n 0000022766 00000 n 0000035693 00000 n 0000038651 00000 n 0000040589 00000 n 0000043022 00000 n 0000000916 00000 n trailer <</Size 35/Prev 48863/Root 5 0 R/Info 3 0 R/ID[<C34A56F9A2201548ADE8BD8463D64026><C34A56F9A2201548ADE8BD8463D64026>]>> startxref 0 %%EOF                 34 0 obj<</Length 107/Filter/FlateDecode/I 116/S 39>>stream xﾚb``紳``>ﾏ kPｳ0p`L@煤b・>ﾖ3

I am unable to open my documents.

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 10:56 AM PDT

I have Microsoft Office 2010 and every time I try to open my documents it tells me, "This program is unable to run because of missing or corrupted files. Contact your computer manufacturer." I have tried re-installing Microsoft Office but it crashes. 

how do i create a page with id and password

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 10:28 AM PDT

new to the internet, schoolwise, and need help creating these new pages. anything will be helpful.

 

Thank You In Advance,  Keba

Calendar Wizard Overlays Months

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 09:56 AM PDT

When I use Calendar Wizard to create a Word 2010 doc for an entire year (doesn't matter which year), it appears to work fine.  However, when I "save" the file, suddenly January and February overlay each other (the 10 other months remain one calendar per page)...how can I fix this?

 

Thanks.

Word docs convert into Journal whenever I turn off computer

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 09:30 AM PDT

When I turned off the computer 2 nights ago, it automatically installed new updates .  When I next turned it on, my 100's of Word docs had been converted to Journal docs, which I couldn't open since I don't have Journal.  I recovered them using System Restore, but when I turned on computer today, the same thing had happened again.  Another symptom is I don't have an option to open a new Word doc inside a folder, although I can outside a folder with my Microsoft Word Starter.  Any ideas how to stop this besides never turning off my computer?

I am really fed up since coming onto office 365 windows 8 and was happy with Vista and other earlier packages ..l am so frustrated

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 08:55 AM PDT

I am really fed up since coming onto office 365 windows 8 and was happy with Vista and other earlier packages ..l am so frustrated....I have asked you several times here that l go into word and now  l am faced with all the new blank files I try to open other recent text pages have grid in printed on ever A4 sheet so cannot produce any new documents ...what is happening as I was happy with vista on my old machine now this software is a nightmare so please help .....

Word 2013: Cannot find Table > Design tools > Draw Table and Table Line Eraser

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 08:38 AM PDT

Hi,

I am using Word 2013. I drew a table and wanted to erase a single line from the table. I tried using the method in your website:

According to the very last statement: 

  1. To erase a line, click the Table Tools Layout tab, click Eraser, and then click the line that you want to erase.
But as you can see from the screenshots attached below, there is no such option! This is very irritating, i can't manipulate the table as i could in office 2010 and 2007! The DRAW options are MISSING! 


 

My System information:
Windows 8 32 Bit, Office 2013, Samsung ATIV 500T (uses atom clover trail x86 Z2760 with 2GB RAM)

Help will be appreciated. Thank You! 

Space above paragraph on first page

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 08:11 AM PDT

Hi!

 

I've read and enjoyed http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-word/how-can-i-make-the-first-line-of-page-two-start/369b86bd-92ff-49ba-a274-85e190fafe3c

 

Is it possible to remove the space above a paragraph on both the first and following pages? That would make my document look more consistent.

 

Word2010 MailMerge Repeating fields

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 07:22 AM PDT

Way back in Word97 I created a mail merge for an invoice type document with the Customer name and address at the top, a line for each item and a total and payment information at the bottom. The secret seemed to be with putting the item fields for each line into a table.

I don't seem to be able to do this in Word2010, can it still be done or have we moved to a different way of doing this sort of thing?

 

Thanks

Dave

office 2007 on windows 8

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 06:34 AM PDT

My laptop has 2 account users on it, myself and my wife, I have office 2007 installed on it, I can use it as an administrator but my wife can't use it on her account, every time she tries to it a window pops up asking her to buy office 2010. I have even installed it on her account but it still wont find it.

chapter titles in header

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 05:42 AM PDT

I have a book with sixteen chapters and an Index. How can I make chapter headings appear in a header or footer?  I already have designated sections for each chapter.

Word Starter 2010

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 03:16 AM PDT

Following a windows update (13 September 2013) I have been unable to open any word documents that I created through Word Starter 2010, which came as a free installment on the purchase of my laptop.  When I try to open a saved file I get the following screen.  As this came free with my laptop it does not have a product key so I now cannot open my CV or job applications and need to urgently.  How can this be rectified?

Dots in table of content disappear for some entries when adding a new chapter

Posted: 14 Sep 2013 01:16 AM PDT

I have a large Word document with an automatic table of contents. It worked all well before, but when I now add a new chapter and update the table of contents the formatting completely changes, spaces appear and dots disappear.

The 'normal' table of contents:

When I add the 'test' chapter:

It doesn't matter where I add a chapter, it is just adding a chapter which messes it up. I tried many things to fix it (editing the styels etc.), but no result. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Updates

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:22 PM PDT

Why ist mein PC mit Windows 7 allways akcepting up dates
I have to much updates?
After6 hour he stoped to load updates from Microsoft Office 2007?
Thanks

How do I insert a custom chart in Microsoft Word 2010?

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 10:23 PM PDT

When I go to the Insert tab and click chart, I only get a basic chart instead of all the options for various chart types. How do I change this? Thanks in advance
    - Rowan
 

Change Default Carriage Return Font and Point

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:44 PM PDT

Greetings!

How does one change the default font and point for carriage returns?

When I press ENTER I get a certain font and a certain point (in this case 10).

I want set it so whenever I press ENTER to get Times New Roman at five points.

I would deeply appreciate your help in this matter.

Have a PDF file sitting in the print queue. Unable to delete or restart it. This is preventing printer from functioning.

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 08:13 PM PDT

printer stopped functioning due to job in print queue.  Need help as it won't delete or restart.

Microsoft Word will not let me close without problems when I don't want to save

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 07:25 PM PDT

I have Microsoft Word 2007. Whenever I try to close out of the program without saving, a pop up box says do you want to save the document? I click no (because I don't want to). After that, another pop up comes on saying that it cannot save or create this file. I click ok. Then another one pops up saying it had trouble saving and it asks if I want to save the document as (some long title) and do I want it to be marked to be recovered. I say no. Then save as pops up along with another message saying I don't have permission to access this folder. I click cancel on the folder box and then cancel on the save as box. Then I click the 'x' on Microsoft Word and yet another box pops up saying changes have been made to the global template and do I want to save those changes. I click no. 
I'm so confused as to why this happens every time I try to close Microsoft Word without saving. I hope someone can understand my question and answer it. Please and thanks!!

Microsoft Office Word 2007 will NOT open "docx" file

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:47 PM PDT

Microsoft Office Word 2007 will NOT open "docx" file; instead it tries to open the docx with "Microsoft Office 2007 Component."  I've looked through the MS community and saw this problem arises a lot, but none of the methods given were able to help in my case.  I cannot change the default program for the file type... I can't select MS Office Word.  The registry change ( winword /r) didn't work...   

Can you help me?

Trouble in Formatting

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:10 PM PDT

Dear All,

I am having a crazy formatting issue. After formatting a document, while opening one machine all the formatting like (Line spacing, font, size...) are fine, while the same document opened in another machine all re not good. Even we are using the same word 2007. Let us advice to rectify this issue.

One more issue is while we are inserting any images, even though the original image not a having border, automatic border occurs after inserting,

Kindly help us to rectify this issue.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Ilayaraja. N

office starter 2010

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:52 PM PDT

Yesterday after a Windows update installed, MS Office Starter 2010 would not work and all the document icons changed to orange folders.  The same thing happened last April--I corrected it then by following directions at support.microsoft.com/kb/2465140.  I attempted to follow the same directions today only to find, after I'd uninstalled Office Starter, that I can't reinstall it using Microsoft Office 2010.  How can I get Office Starter back and get it working again? 

MS Monthly Updates Causes Problems with Office 2013

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:44 PM PDT

Team I purchased MS Office Home & Business 2013 in June, and I installed it without problems on my Windows 7 Dell laptop.  Everything was fine until the Microsoft monthly updates were issued in July, then all my Word and Excel documents became read only, and they all showed that they were created using Word or Excel 2007, even the ones that were created with Word or Excel 2013.  I posted the issue here on the Community site and was told to run "Quick Repair" or "remove and re-install" Office 2013.  I removed and reinstalled the software and that fixed the problem. 

 

Everything was fine until the August MS updates were received, after which I was in the same situation, so this time I ran "quick repair" which fixed the problem.  Then everything was fine until the September MS updates were received, and the same thing has happened.  Again I ran quick repair, and the documents are returned to normal. 

 

The laptop I'm using did come with a trial version of Office 2007, which I removed/de-installed after the first problem in July.  But still the problem keeps coming back each month right after the MS monthly update is received. 

 

Please help.

word starter

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Recently windows updated installed some new updates. Now I do not have Word Starter on my computer. It was unistalled. Word starter is suppose to be on my computer as long as I own it. How can I get it reinstalled. I do not need the full version so don't suggest I spend the money for it.

I have a problem with office word as it updates to save the text.

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:03 AM PDT

I have a problem with office word as it updates to save the text, it takes a long time. At first, I thought it was just the large amount of information I added. But, it don't have to be a large amount the whole system slows down even after five minutes of information I put inor add. In addition, the reference tab, in the drop box for in putting reference sources has less categories, and this takes away the quality of the program. A change need to be made with the areas mentioned. I don't like the 365 over 2010, I prefer Office 2010 I never I countered these problem with office 2010. 

Why was 365 program the preferred offer over any other program choice. Denying a option for any other choice of program operation?