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Gray screen on opening existing docs
I was editing an existing WORD for MAC doc & pasted 2 words from an online article. The 2 words I copied & pasted ("hempen home-spuns") were in a Shakespearean quote included inthe article, "7 Shakespearean Insults to Make Life More Interesting" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/shakespeare-insults). I pasted the text initially using the match existing formatting option, which worked fine, seemingly. I then deleted one of the words in the quote, and reconsidered whether I wanted to use both words. But instead of clicking undue, I choseto repastthetextto look atthe phrase again & decide if I wantedto use both words. However,thistime I just clicked paste because I just wantedtothink it over & not necessarily usethe pastedtext . . . andthat's when allthetrouble started! My docthen seemingly locked & wouldn't allow meto do any more editing. I closed it & reopened it & was greeted by a grey screen, without anytext, and 3 items inthe menu bar -- the "Normal", "No Spacing" & "Heading 1" items -- keep flashing. Itried severaltimes opening other docs by either double clicking or displayingthem from a menu listing & clicking open, and in every case, I go a gray screen. When I goto File > Properties, it showsthe words & characters are stillthere. So, whatever happened when I pastedthetext w/o saying matchformatting caused a problem in my Word for MAC. Doesn't MS have an appto FIX Word for MAC or at leastdiagnose whatthe hell is wrong, along withthe steps requiredto fixthe problem? I'd really appreciate some HELP, ASAP.Thank you. -- Wayne438Views0likes2Comments
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