2007 Compatibility Mode

Am I correct in assuming that this happens as soon as you open Word with a
blank
document? That is, it isn't specific to a single existing document?

^ Yes, when I open Word with a blank document I cannot type anything. In the
bottom left, it specifically says, "This modification is not allowed because
the selection is locked. How can I unlock the selection?

If you start Word in Safe Mode by holding down the Ctrl key while starting,
does
that help?

^ Didn't noticed anything, really.

Here's my new problem now I'm currently witnessing now:

1) Cannot type in a blank Microsoft Office Word 2007 because selection is
lock. So, that means I cannot even write anything, save it, and open it with
the top that will say, "Compatibility Mode." Cannot type anything, at all.

2) On the top left, when I click the circular symbol, everything that's
highlighted (or should I say colored) are only the "Open", "Print", and
"Close" option. Anything else I cannot touch/won't allow me to.

I will be waiting for your response, hopefully you can break everything down
for me and fix this problem. Why did I accidently clicked something,
everything was so fine when I was finishing my essay.

This suggests that Word is a trial version that has expired or, if a retail
version, has not been activated.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Peter" wrote in message
...
Am I correct in assuming that this happens as soon as you open Word with a
blank
document? That is, it isn't specific to a single existing document?

^ Yes, when I open Word with a blank document I cannot type anything. In
the
bottom left, it specifically says, "This modification is not allowed
because
the selection is locked. How can I unlock the selection?

If you start Word in Safe Mode by holding down the Ctrl key while
starting,
does
that help?

^ Didn't noticed anything, really.

Here's my new problem now I'm currently witnessing now:

1) Cannot type in a blank Microsoft Office Word 2007 because selection is
lock. So, that means I cannot even write anything, save it, and open it
with
the top that will say, "Compatibility Mode." Cannot type anything, at all.

2) On the top left, when I click the circular symbol, everything that's
highlighted (or should I say colored) are only the "Open", "Print", and
"Close" option. Anything else I cannot touch/won't allow me to.

I will be waiting for your response, hopefully you can break everything
down
for me and fix this problem. Why did I accidently clicked something,
everything was so fine when I was finishing my essay.

How should I now go about it? Anything thing I can perhaps follow? And can
you please further explain what you've said. First of all, everything was
fine with my Wordpad. Sure there are 'trail versions', etc., but I haven't
deal with this for the longest time now - it was basically nothing really.
Whenever I had something to write, I go on Wordpad save and go back. Back and
forth, with no problems.

The reason why this finally occurred because I mistakenly right clicked and
then clicked on something. No time periods, activations, none of that. The
problem is that I probably clicked "Save As" (?) or another option and this
thing happened.

I highly doubt (well not really), it has to deal with it being expired nor
activated. Last thing on my mind would be those two, really. I simply just
right clicked and was meaning to click save only, but I guess clicked the
wrong option. That's all.

On another note, I clicked on the Q's box and type in Compatibility and
nothing really was helpful to me. One comment said the same problem I'm
having, and didn't know what to do with the information they provided.

That being said, we are in NEED of help here.

Anyone who had this problem before, please chime in. Any input/advice will
be highly appreciated.

To Jay Freedman, still fill me in and give me your input to my current
problem.

Thanks in advance.

Computers that include Office 2007, unless you have paid extra for a full
version of Office, include a time limited trial version of Office. When the
trial has finished, so has your ability to use the application. You must now
buy a copy of Office if you wish to continue using it.

If you have paid for a full version of Office then you must activate it. You
do this from the Office Button Word Options Resources.

WordPad is not a time limited application, but part of Windows and does not
have such limitations.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Peter wrote:
How should I now go about it? Anything thing I can perhaps follow?
And can you please further explain what you've said. First of all,
everything was fine with my Wordpad. Sure there are 'trail versions',
etc., but I haven't deal with this for the longest time now - it was
basically nothing really. Whenever I had something to write, I go on
Wordpad save and go back. Back and forth, with no problems.

The reason why this finally occurred because I mistakenly right
clicked and then clicked on something. No time periods, activations,
none of that. The problem is that I probably clicked "Save As" (?) or
another option and this thing happened.

I highly doubt (well not really), it has to deal with it being
expired nor activated. Last thing on my mind would be those two,
really. I simply just right clicked and was meaning to click save
only, but I guess clicked the wrong option. That's all.

On another note, I clicked on the Q's box and type in Compatibility
and nothing really was helpful to me. One comment said the same
problem I'm having, and didn't know what to do with the information
they provided.

That being said, we are in NEED of help here.

Anyone who had this problem before, please chime in. Any input/advice
will be highly appreciated.

To Jay Freedman, still fill me in and give me your input to my current
problem.

Thanks in advance.

I have not paid anything what-so-ever, not a single penny.

If you say it has expired or unactivated then tell me, why hasn't my
sister's word hasn't overcome the same problem? Didn't trial periods I'm not
aware of? We did buy the same laptops, at the same time.

I'm telling you, I accidently/mistakenly clicked on something. I think
that's the problem why I'm facing this. But who knows?

Is there any place I can go to, to get it fixed? I'm lost in so many levels.

If you have not paid, then you don't have a fully functioning version but
instead a trial version, and it probably has expired. Your sister may not
have used hers as soon as you did; hers may expire tomorrow or the next day.

Also, I'm not sure what the activation policy is on the trial version, but
on the retail version, you get 50 (I think it is) uses before you have to
activate; if this is true of the trial version as well, it may be that you
have used yours more times than your sister has hers.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Peter" wrote in message
...
I have not paid anything what-so-ever, not a single penny.

If you say it has expired or unactivated then tell me, why hasn't my
sister's word hasn't overcome the same problem? Didn't trial periods I'm
not
aware of? We did buy the same laptops, at the same time.

I'm telling you, I accidently/mistakenly clicked on something. I think
that's the problem why I'm facing this. But who knows?

Is there any place I can go to, to get it fixed? I'm lost in so many
levels.

Suzanne,

You're probably right about that. I have used it more times than my sister
has. She probably opened at least maybe 5 times, if I can recall. I'm quite
lazy to write, and she isn't. I tend to use the Word a lot while she would
rather write in paper.

Probably that is the answer to my problem. Anything I can do to get it back
running without paying anything? Download a free version? I don't know much
about these stuff. Thanks Suzanne, and others as well who gave me their input.

Suzanne and those who mentioned the same she has, that may probably be like
I said, the problem. Sorry if I wasn't listening... lol. Lets just say I
needed the extra reassurance. =)

Anyway, I highly appreciate it everyone who contributed. Again, thank you!

If, as we suspect, the problem is an expired trial version, then you really
have no alternative but to pay for a retail copy. If you don't need Outlook,
the Home & Student Edition is the most economical. Be sure to uninstall the
trial before installing the new version.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Peter" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

You're probably right about that. I have used it more times than my sister
has. She probably opened at least maybe 5 times, if I can recall. I'm
quite
lazy to write, and she isn't. I tend to use the Word a lot while she would
rather write in paper.

Probably that is the answer to my problem. Anything I can do to get it
back
running without paying anything? Download a free version? I don't know
much
about these stuff. Thanks Suzanne, and others as well who gave me their
input.

Suzanne and those who mentioned the same she has, that may probably be
like
I said, the problem. Sorry if I wasn't listening... lol. Lets just say I
needed the extra reassurance. =)

Anyway, I highly appreciate it everyone who contributed. Again, thank you!

If you don't want to pay anything at all, you can get Open Office instead;
see http://www.openoffice.org/ It will not, I think, be like Word 2007--more
like Word 2003 (see a screen shot at
http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/writer-big.png). The latest version is
described at http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.0/, and
http://why.openoffice.org/why_great.html describes its features.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Peter" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

You're probably right about that. I have used it more times than my sister
has. She probably opened at least maybe 5 times, if I can recall. I'm
quite
lazy to write, and she isn't. I tend to use the Word a lot while she would
rather write in paper.

Probably that is the answer to my problem. Anything I can do to get it
back
running without paying anything? Download a free version? I don't know
much
about these stuff. Thanks Suzanne, and others as well who gave me their
input.

Suzanne and those who mentioned the same she has, that may probably be
like
I said, the problem. Sorry if I wasn't listening... lol. Lets just say I
needed the extra reassurance. =)

Anyway, I highly appreciate it everyone who contributed. Again, thank you!

Thank you. I'll look into that, thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you don't want to pay anything at all, you can get Open Office instead;
see http://www.openoffice.org/ It will not, I think, be like Word 2007--more
like Word 2003 (see a screen shot at
http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/writer-big.png). The latest version is
described at http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.0/, and
http://why.openoffice.org/why_great.html describes its features.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Peter" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

You're probably right about that. I have used it more times than my sister
has. She probably opened at least maybe 5 times, if I can recall. I'm
quite
lazy to write, and she isn't. I tend to use the Word a lot while she would
rather write in paper.

Probably that is the answer to my problem. Anything I can do to get it
back
running without paying anything? Download a free version? I don't know
much
about these stuff. Thanks Suzanne, and others as well who gave me their
input.

Suzanne and those who mentioned the same she has, that may probably be
like
I said, the problem. Sorry if I wasn't listening... lol. Lets just say I
needed the extra reassurance. =)

Anyway, I highly appreciate it everyone who contributed. Again, thank you!