Re: Document cannot be registered.

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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/24/04


Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:41:58 -0500

Au contraire, starting Word with the /a switch is not the same as using
another shortcut. See "WD2002: What Does the Word Startup Switch "/a" Really
Do?" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291487

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Bill" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1e4101c4a1c3$1353cc10$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Terry,
>
> Winword /a opens Word normally, just like it does when
> clicking on a shortcut. Both ways, its when opening an
> existing document within Word or outside it, or opening a
> new document within Word, that the error message appears.
>
> Bill
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Uninstall/reinstall rarely fixes and Office problems
> because all third party
> >add-in, macros, templates and registry changes are
> unaffected by the
> >process. What happens if you start Word from the command
> line by going to
> >Start, Run and typing in
> >
> >winword /a
> >
> >and pressing enter?
> >
> >Terry
> >
> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:117801c4a105$3ceefc20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >: Terry
> >:
> >: I ran detect and repair and that made worse problems.
> >: After running it, everytime I opened word Detect and
> >: Repair would run before Word opened. And the original
> >: problem still persisted. I tried uninstalling Word
> alone,
> >: and the uninstall failed. I then uninstalled the entire
> >: Office suite, and that succeeded. I reinstalled Office,
> >: but the problem still occurs. After the reinstall,
> >: Winword /r runs to completion, but it still does not
> >: eliminate the "Document cannot be registered" message.
> >:
> >: Bill
> >: >-----Original Message-----
> >: >Bill
> >: >
> >: >That's not promising as winword /r should update in a
> >: flash - you certainly
> >: >shouldn't see a progress bar. Try running a Detect and
> >: Repair from the Help
> >: >menu in Word and see if that resolves the problem.
> >: >
> >: >Terry
> >: >
> >: >"Bill" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >: message
> >: >news:35b601c4a03b$4da74920$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >: >: I'm having the same problem with Word 2003 that 2
> >: others
> >: >: in this newsgroup have had. I get the message
> (Document
> >: >: cannot be registered. It will not be possible to
> create
> >: >: links from other documents to this document.) when I
> >: open
> >: >: a new or existing document in Word 2003 on a
> Windows XP
> >: >: Pro computer with XP Service Pack 2.
> >: >:
> >: >: As suggested in a response to one of the others, I
> ran
> >: >: Winword /r and the progress bar that appeared
> >: progressed
> >: >: halfway across the bar and then ended. I still have
> the
> >: >: problem. I do not have NAV installed. I use Panda
> anti-
> >: >: virus.
> >: >:
> >: >: Any other suggestions?
> >: >
> >: >
> >: >.
> >: >
> >
> >
> >.
> >


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