Re: Mystery Document - Corrupted?

Version 12.0.1

I know I could upgrade, but it ain't broke and so I'm not inclined to
fix it.

In article <C63E1EEB.1F2AB%john@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Which version of Word are you using?

That sounds like the document has some VBA in it that is interfering with or
intercepting some of your customisations.

Cheers


On 23/05/09 12:07 AM, in article
copespaz-80B76F.10074922052009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "MC"
<copespaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was sent a Word document to edit and I had some real problems with it.
I'm not sure what platform it was created on, but more than likely it
was Windows, since it came from a (Canadian) government agency.

I could not select words or phrases with my mouse. I could, however
select them with the trackpad.

I was able to paste text but I couldn't paste/replace. The only way to
remove existing text was to use the delete keys.

I have Save As mapped to a keystroke. It didn't work in this document.

All other documents are behaving normally.

Corruption, or oculd it be something else?

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