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hazelwordstitch
Jun 09, 2022Copper Contributor
Help with 'sticky' behaviour making Word unusable
I'm wondering whether anyone can help me diagnose a problem I'm having in Word. I've had it for a couple of years but it's got worse recently and is seriously hampering my business. My specs ...
Jun 10, 2022
See the KnowledgeBase article "How to troubleshoot problems that occur when you start or use Word" at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/921541
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/921541
- hazelwordstitchJun 10, 2022Copper ContributorThanks so much for the reply. I tried everything in the link and then reinstalled Office but unfortunately it didn't work.
However, I think I may have isolated the problem to a conflict with another non-Microsoft piece of software. I will continue to test and hopefully the problem won't re-emerge.
Thanks again.- PeteClifford1958Feb 02, 2024Copper Contributor
hazelwordstitch Which piece of software was that please? I have the same issue.
- hazelwordstitchFeb 03, 2024Copper Contributor
PeteClifford1958 It's TextExpander. I continued to test and that was definitely the culprit. I now turn it off by default and only turn it on when I really need it. Hope this helps.