I can't insert a table from Table menu Rachel 11.07.2006 14:34:02 Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any help? I've closed and reopened Word already.

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu Jay Freedman <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 11.07.2006 19:36:52 First attempt: - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. - Close the Customize dialog. - Test the menu. Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: - Close Word. - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. - Close the dialog. - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates. - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. - Start Word. - Test the menu. - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any >help? >I've closed and reopened Word already.

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu Rachel 11.07.2006 20:03:01 I can see the Tables menu but when I select Insert the menu that should appear next to the arrow symbol does not appear, therefore, I can't insert a Table. If I open Word and then open the document up under the File menu, it does work. However, if I open up the file directly (not via the Word program) the menu still fails to appear. Any other advice? "Jay Freedman" wrote: [Quoted Text] > First attempt: > - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. > - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. > - Close the Customize dialog. > - Test the menu. > > Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: > - Close Word. > - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. > - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. > - Close the dialog. > - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application > Data\Microsoft\Templates. > - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. > - Start Word. > - Test the menu. > - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized > toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the > Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel > <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not > >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any > >help? > >I've closed and reopened Word already. >

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu Jay Freedman <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 11.07.2006 21:50:42 The fact that it works when opening a document from inside Word but not when using My Computer (I assume that's what you mean by "directly") suggests a problem in the mechanism that transfers the document's information from the icon to Word. Try opening Start > Run and typing this line, then clicking OK: winword.exe /r (notice the space between the exe and the slash). You won't see any action, but Word will rewrite its registry entries and then quit. Then try opening a document from an icon. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:03:01 -0700, Rachel <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I can see the Tables menu but when I select Insert the menu that should >appear next to the arrow symbol does not appear, therefore, I can't insert a >Table. > >If I open Word and then open the document up under the File menu, it does >work. However, if I open up the file directly (not via the Word program) the >menu still fails to appear. Any other advice? > >"Jay Freedman" wrote: > >> First attempt: >> - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. >> - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. >> - Close the Customize dialog. >> - Test the menu. >> >> Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: >> - Close Word. >> - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. >> - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. >> - Close the dialog. >> - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application >> Data\Microsoft\Templates. >> - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. >> - Start Word. >> - Test the menu. >> - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized >> toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the >> Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >> newsgroup so all may benefit. >> >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel >> <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not >> >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any >> >help? >> >I've closed and reopened Word already. >>

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu Rachel 12.07.2006 16:41:02 No luck. The items under the Table menu cannot be selected for any word files that were not created on my computer. FYI, I have Word 2003 (11.6568.6568). The other files were most likely created in an older version. Is there a way to update these files to my version when I open them? "Jay Freedman" wrote: [Quoted Text] > The fact that it works when opening a document from inside Word but > not when using My Computer (I assume that's what you mean by > "directly") suggests a problem in the mechanism that transfers the > document's information from the icon to Word. > > Try opening Start > Run and typing this line, then clicking OK: > > winword.exe /r > > (notice the space between the exe and the slash). You won't see any > action, but Word will rewrite its registry entries and then quit. Then > try opening a document from an icon. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:03:01 -0700, Rachel > <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >I can see the Tables menu but when I select Insert the menu that should > >appear next to the arrow symbol does not appear, therefore, I can't insert a > >Table. > > > >If I open Word and then open the document up under the File menu, it does > >work. However, if I open up the file directly (not via the Word program) the > >menu still fails to appear. Any other advice? > > > >"Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > >> First attempt: > >> - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. > >> - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. > >> - Close the Customize dialog. > >> - Test the menu. > >> > >> Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: > >> - Close Word. > >> - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. > >> - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. > >> - Close the dialog. > >> - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application > >> Data\Microsoft\Templates. > >> - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. > >> - Start Word. > >> - Test the menu. > >> - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized > >> toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the > >> Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> Jay Freedman > >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > >> newsgroup so all may benefit. > >> > >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel > >> <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not > >> >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any > >> >help? > >> >I've closed and reopened Word already. > >> >

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu Jay Freedman <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 13.07.2006 02:30:55 The file formats for Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003 are all the same; there isn't any "upgrading" to do. I've never heard of a *document* that could change what appeared in Word's menus. Possibly it could happen if the "documents" were really *templates* containing menu customizations. That's pretty far-fetched, though. I'm now officially out of ideas. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:41:02 -0700, Rachel <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >No luck. The items under the Table menu cannot be selected for any word >files that were not created on my computer. FYI, I have Word 2003 >(11.6568.6568). The other files were most likely created in an older >version. Is there a way to update these files to my version when I open them? > >"Jay Freedman" wrote: > >> The fact that it works when opening a document from inside Word but >> not when using My Computer (I assume that's what you mean by >> "directly") suggests a problem in the mechanism that transfers the >> document's information from the icon to Word. >> >> Try opening Start > Run and typing this line, then clicking OK: >> >> winword.exe /r >> >> (notice the space between the exe and the slash). You won't see any >> action, but Word will rewrite its registry entries and then quit. Then >> try opening a document from an icon. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >> newsgroup so all may benefit. >> >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:03:01 -0700, Rachel >> <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >I can see the Tables menu but when I select Insert the menu that should >> >appear next to the arrow symbol does not appear, therefore, I can't insert a >> >Table. >> > >> >If I open Word and then open the document up under the File menu, it does >> >work. However, if I open up the file directly (not via the Word program) the >> >menu still fails to appear. Any other advice? >> > >> >"Jay Freedman" wrote: >> > >> >> First attempt: >> >> - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. >> >> - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. >> >> - Close the Customize dialog. >> >> - Test the menu. >> >> >> >> Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: >> >> - Close Word. >> >> - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. >> >> - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. >> >> - Close the dialog. >> >> - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application >> >> Data\Microsoft\Templates. >> >> - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. >> >> - Start Word. >> >> - Test the menu. >> >> - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized >> >> toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the >> >> Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Jay Freedman >> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >> >> newsgroup so all may benefit. >> >> >> >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel >> >> <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not >> >> >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any >> >> >help? >> >> >I've closed and reopened Word already. >> >> >>

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu V 21.07.2006 00:26:01 Hi, We have this problem also. I was wondering if the Adobe Acrobat 7 and an electronic document record management software called Objective is installed in your PC. "Rachel" wrote: [Quoted Text] > No luck. The items under the Table menu cannot be selected for any word > files that were not created on my computer. FYI, I have Word 2003 > (11.6568.6568). The other files were most likely created in an older > version. Is there a way to update these files to my version when I open them? > > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > The fact that it works when opening a document from inside Word but > > not when using My Computer (I assume that's what you mean by > > "directly") suggests a problem in the mechanism that transfers the > > document's information from the icon to Word. > > > > Try opening Start > Run and typing this line, then clicking OK: > > > > winword.exe /r > > > > (notice the space between the exe and the slash). You won't see any > > action, but Word will rewrite its registry entries and then quit. Then > > try opening a document from an icon. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Jay Freedman > > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:03:01 -0700, Rachel > > <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > >I can see the Tables menu but when I select Insert the menu that should > > >appear next to the arrow symbol does not appear, therefore, I can't insert a > > >Table. > > > > > >If I open Word and then open the document up under the File menu, it does > > >work. However, if I open up the file directly (not via the Word program) the > > >menu still fails to appear. Any other advice? > > > > > >"Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > > > >> First attempt: > > >> - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. > > >> - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. > > >> - Close the Customize dialog. > > >> - Test the menu. > > >> > > >> Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: > > >> - Close Word. > > >> - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. > > >> - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. > > >> - Close the dialog. > > >> - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application > > >> Data\Microsoft\Templates. > > >> - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. > > >> - Start Word. > > >> - Test the menu. > > >> - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized > > >> toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the > > >> Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Regards, > > >> Jay Freedman > > >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > >> newsgroup so all may benefit. > > >> > > >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel > > >> <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not > > >> >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any > > >> >help? > > >> >I've closed and reopened Word already. > > >> > >

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu Rachel 24.07.2006 14:40:02 Yes, I have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed on my computer, but not Objective. "V" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > We have this problem also. I was wondering if the Adobe Acrobat 7 and an > electronic document record management software called Objective is installed > in your PC. > > > > "Rachel" wrote: > > > No luck. The items under the Table menu cannot be selected for any word > > files that were not created on my computer. FYI, I have Word 2003 > > (11.6568.6568). The other files were most likely created in an older > > version. Is there a way to update these files to my version when I open them? > > > > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > > > The fact that it works when opening a document from inside Word but > > > not when using My Computer (I assume that's what you mean by > > > "directly") suggests a problem in the mechanism that transfers the > > > document's information from the icon to Word. > > > > > > Try opening Start > Run and typing this line, then clicking OK: > > > > > > winword.exe /r > > > > > > (notice the space between the exe and the slash). You won't see any > > > action, but Word will rewrite its registry entries and then quit. Then > > > try opening a document from an icon. > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Jay Freedman > > > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > > > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:03:01 -0700, Rachel > > > <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > >I can see the Tables menu but when I select Insert the menu that should > > > >appear next to the arrow symbol does not appear, therefore, I can't insert a > > > >Table. > > > > > > > >If I open Word and then open the document up under the File menu, it does > > > >work. However, if I open up the file directly (not via the Word program) the > > > >menu still fails to appear. Any other advice? > > > > > > > >"Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > > > > > >> First attempt: > > > >> - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. > > > >> - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. > > > >> - Close the Customize dialog. > > > >> - Test the menu. > > > >> > > > >> Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: > > > >> - Close Word. > > > >> - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. > > > >> - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. > > > >> - Close the dialog. > > > >> - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application > > > >> Data\Microsoft\Templates. > > > >> - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. > > > >> - Start Word. > > > >> - Test the menu. > > > >> - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized > > > >> toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the > > > >> Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Regards, > > > >> Jay Freedman > > > >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > > >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > > >> newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > >> > > > >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel > > > >> <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not > > > >> >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any > > > >> >help? > > > >> >I've closed and reopened Word already. > > > >> > > >

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu V 24.08.2006 23:54:02 Hi Rachel, I might have the fix for you. Please try the following. Remove the Adobe Add in from Office. 1. Go to control panel. 2. Double click Add or Remove Programs 3. Click Adobe Acrobat Pro 7 from Currently installed Programs. 4. Click Change. 5. Click Modify and then click Next. 6. Expand Create Adobe PDF 7. Expand Acrobat PDFMaker 8. Click the arrow next to Microsoft Office and then click Not Installed. 9. In the Adobe Pro setup wizard click OK 10. Close the Add or Remove programs and test it. Regards, V "Rachel" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Yes, I have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed on my computer, but not Objective. > > "V" wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > We have this problem also. I was wondering if the Adobe Acrobat 7 and an > > electronic document record management software called Objective is installed > > in your PC. > > > > > > > > "Rachel" wrote: > > > > > No luck. The items under the Table menu cannot be selected for any word > > > files that were not created on my computer. FYI, I have Word 2003 > > > (11.6568.6568). The other files were most likely created in an older > > > version. Is there a way to update these files to my version when I open them? > > > > > > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > > > > > The fact that it works when opening a document from inside Word but > > > > not when using My Computer (I assume that's what you mean by > > > > "directly") suggests a problem in the mechanism that transfers the > > > > document's information from the icon to Word. > > > > > > > > Try opening Start > Run and typing this line, then clicking OK: > > > > > > > > winword.exe /r > > > > > > > > (notice the space between the exe and the slash). You won't see any > > > > action, but Word will rewrite its registry entries and then quit. Then > > > > try opening a document from an icon. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Regards, > > > > Jay Freedman > > > > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > > > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > > > > > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:03:01 -0700, Rachel > > > > <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >I can see the Tables menu but when I select Insert the menu that should > > > > >appear next to the arrow symbol does not appear, therefore, I can't insert a > > > > >Table. > > > > > > > > > >If I open Word and then open the document up under the File menu, it does > > > > >work. However, if I open up the file directly (not via the Word program) the > > > > >menu still fails to appear. Any other advice? > > > > > > > > > >"Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> First attempt: > > > > >> - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. > > > > >> - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. > > > > >> - Close the Customize dialog. > > > > >> - Test the menu. > > > > >> > > > > >> Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: > > > > >> - Close Word. > > > > >> - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. > > > > >> - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. > > > > >> - Close the dialog. > > > > >> - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application > > > > >> Data\Microsoft\Templates. > > > > >> - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. > > > > >> - Start Word. > > > > >> - Test the menu. > > > > >> - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized > > > > >> toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the > > > > >> Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> Regards, > > > > >> Jay Freedman > > > > >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > > > >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > > > >> newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > > >> > > > > >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel > > > > >> <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not > > > > >> >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any > > > > >> >help? > > > > >> >I've closed and reopened Word already. > > > > >> > > > >

Re: I can't insert a table from Table menu Rex 07.09.2006 11:57:01 I have encountered same problem reported by Rachel (and others). While I have not tried the solutions offered in this thread, I did discover the trigger event that caused the flyout menus to disappear. In my case, if I opened an email which caused the 'Word will open as your email editor' dialog (can't quite remember the exact wording) to pop up, then the flyout menus would disappear until I closed Word and Outlook. This was a repeatable sequence not related to any particular document (even happened with a blank new document). Would happen if Word was already open with Table menu flyouts visible/functioning correctly, but as soon as Outlook did its thing, then good-bye flyouts. I have Acrobat Pro 6, so will try fix below. However, for whatever reason, I think the Outlook connection is the more likely culprit. Cheers Rex "V" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi Rachel, > I might have the fix for you. Please try the following. > Remove the Adobe Add in from Office. > > 1. Go to control panel. > 2. Double click Add or Remove Programs > 3. Click Adobe Acrobat Pro 7 from Currently installed Programs. > 4. Click Change. > 5. Click Modify and then click Next. > 6. Expand Create Adobe PDF > 7. Expand Acrobat PDFMaker > 8. Click the arrow next to Microsoft Office and then click Not Installed. > 9. In the Adobe Pro setup wizard click OK > 10. Close the Add or Remove programs and test it. > > Regards, > V > > "Rachel" wrote: > > > Yes, I have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed on my computer, but not Objective. > > > > "V" wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > We have this problem also. I was wondering if the Adobe Acrobat 7 and an > > > electronic document record management software called Objective is installed > > > in your PC. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Rachel" wrote: > > > > > > > No luck. The items under the Table menu cannot be selected for any word > > > > files that were not created on my computer. FYI, I have Word 2003 > > > > (11.6568.6568). The other files were most likely created in an older > > > > version. Is there a way to update these files to my version when I open them? > > > > > > > > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > > > > > > > The fact that it works when opening a document from inside Word but > > > > > not when using My Computer (I assume that's what you mean by > > > > > "directly") suggests a problem in the mechanism that transfers the > > > > > document's information from the icon to Word. > > > > > > > > > > Try opening Start > Run and typing this line, then clicking OK: > > > > > > > > > > winword.exe /r > > > > > > > > > > (notice the space between the exe and the slash). You won't see any > > > > > action, but Word will rewrite its registry entries and then quit. Then > > > > > try opening a document from an icon. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Jay Freedman > > > > > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > > > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > > > > newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:03:01 -0700, Rachel > > > > > <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >I can see the Tables menu but when I select Insert the menu that should > > > > > >appear next to the arrow symbol does not appear, therefore, I can't insert a > > > > > >Table. > > > > > > > > > > > >If I open Word and then open the document up under the File menu, it does > > > > > >work. However, if I open up the file directly (not via the Word program) the > > > > > >menu still fails to appear. Any other advice? > > > > > > > > > > > >"Jay Freedman" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> First attempt: > > > > > >> - Open the Tools > Customize dialog. > > > > > >> - Right-click the Table menu and select Reset from the popup menu. > > > > > >> - Close the Customize dialog. > > > > > >> - Test the menu. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Second attempt, if the first doesn't work: > > > > > >> - Close Word. > > > > > >> - In "My Computer", choose Tools > Folder Options > View. > > > > > >> - Click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. > > > > > >> - Close the dialog. > > > > > >> - Go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application > > > > > >> Data\Microsoft\Templates. > > > > > >> - Rename the file Normal.dot to OldNormal.dot. > > > > > >> - Start Word. > > > > > >> - Test the menu. > > > > > >> - If you had customizations (styles, AutoText entries, customized > > > > > >> toolbars, or macros) stored in the OldNormal.dot template, use the > > > > > >> Organizer (in Tools > Templates & Add-Ins) to copy them to Normal.dot. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> Regards, > > > > > >> Jay Freedman > > > > > >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > > > > > >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the > > > > > >> newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:02 -0700, Rachel > > > > > >> <Rachel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >Under the Table menu, when I select Insert the drop down menu options do not > > > > > >> >appear and there is no way for me to insert a table into my document. Any > > > > > >> >help? > > > > > >> >I've closed and reopened Word already. > > > > > >> > > > > >