Recovery time has become "negligible" because you invest so much time in your manual work around. Ouch!
I don't have a specific trouble shooting procedure for PowerPoint, but you could try adapting these Word tips to see if you can locate the problem:
Shortcut to Start Word in Safe Mode or Excel in Safe Mode, Hold <CTL> key when clicking on icon orusing the Start menu search window and entering WINWORD.EXE /a or WINWORD.EXE /safe
Trouble Shooting Procedures for Word problems that occur when you start or use Word 2010, 2007, 2003, or 2002
**http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/why-cant-i-start-my-office-2013-application-HA104011864.aspx******
**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541******2003-2010
**http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=820919** -2002-2003
**NOTE:**part of this procedure is disabling addins. If you want to take a shortcut, check to see if you have a BlueTooth device driver or addin, ie “send to Bluetooth”, installed. Disabling BlueTooth is rapidly moving to the top of my Office trouble shooting process.
Blue Tooth drivers have been identified as the cause of problems with many different “random” symptoms. If you have BlueTooth, disable it in control panel, device manager and possibly as an addin in Office apps.
It’s not that I think there is anything inherently bad with Blue Tooth. The problem is with the people writing the drivers.
Don’t Assume ANYTHING!
Don’t assume some part of the trouble shooting processes listed below doesn’t apply to you. Often there are things going on in the background that you just aren’t aware of. For example, when installing software it is all too easy to have
an unwanted app installed if you don’t carefully read every screen.
Uninstall Recent Software
At this point, you have also think about any software or plugins that you may have installed on your computer. Annoyingly, this problem with Word can be caused by a program that is completely unrelated to Word!
Did you recently install some new hardware? A printer, scanner, label machine, web cam, tablet, etc? Have you installed any software? If so, uninstall it and see if the problem goes away.
Fix: “Microsoft Word has stopped working” – Turn off Addins in Pictures
**http://www.thewindowsclub.com/fix-microsoft-word-has-stopped-working**
How to find out whether any Word Add-ins have been installed
Enable or disable add-ins in Office programs - Support - Office.com
Templates in Microsoft Word
A beginner's guide to trouble shooting problems in Word
**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322743**
This article presents a systematic approach to help you resolve various error messages and problems in Microsoft Word. You can use one of the following methods to resolve various error messages and problems in Word:
Manually
Use the the Trouble shoot Utility in the Support Template
If you want to perform the steps using the Trouble shoot Utility, start with step 1. If you want to perform the steps manually, start with step 2.
Perform the steps, in order, until your problem is resolved.
Office 2013 apps “crashing all the time”
<snip> Spend a lot fo tiem trying to stop my 365 from crashing it would run in safe mode only.. I have windows 8 machine. IT WAS MY SWITCHABLE Graphics settings. When I changed the settings for each of the programs that were crashing
to power saving mode instead of HIGH PERFORMANCE mode it corrected all issues. HOPE THIS helps other who have this issue fix it faster than I did. </snip>
Fix: “Microsoft Word has stopped working” – Turn off Addins in Pictures
**http://www.thewindowsclub.com/fix-microsoft-word-has-stopped-working******
What to do When Word Crashes****
**http://www.gmayor.com/what\_to\_do\_when\_word\_crashes.htm******
**http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm******
******************** Optional Reading ******************** Examples of Problems caused by External Programs and Addons
Trouble Shoot Office 2013 installations that don’t work - Addons
**http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2013\_release-word/when-i-type-in-word-2013-nothing-appearsstill/72ca2eb9-5f1a-491e-b6ae-9c7ca959bde1**
This is a straight copy of a reply from Doug Robbins: <snip>
See the Article “Why can’t I start my Office 2013 application at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/why-cant-i-start-my-office-2013-application-HA104011864.aspx
Refer to the following website for information on repairing Office 2013\365:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/repair-or-remove-office-2010-HA010357402.aspx
A lot of problems with Office 2013 are caused by third party (non-Microsoft) applications. This is my expanded (expanding) list of things to try when Office 2013\365 won’t start or crashes:
See Office 2013 install woes - http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1834
See the KnowledgeBase article “Office 2013 applications crash on launch at the splash screen” at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2813143
Or see the KnowledgeBase article Error: “Something went wrong and we can't sign you in right now” when trying to install Office 2013 at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2811180/en-us/
Also see Doug’s resply: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/microsoft-word-2013-has-stopped-working/67b81016-849f-481a-bce5-bf04797ac03b
Do you have Abbyy Finereader installed on the PC? A number of people have reported that removing it overcomes problems with 2013
Do you have “Fun Tools” add-in? A number of people have reported that removing it overcomes problems with 2013
Do you have Toshiba Book Reader installed on the PC? It has been reported that uninstalling that brings Office back to working status.
Do you have the Acrobat PDFMaker add-in. It has been reported that uninstalling that overcomes an issue with a message appearing that states "The document contains macros. Macro support for this application is disabled. Features requiring VBA are not available.
Would you like to open this document as a read only?"
Also see: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/microsoft-word-has-stopped-working-when-i-close/8375b5b6-4f7e-46ed-a02b-90152ecad287#LastReply
and
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_home-word/word-and-excel-2013-crashing-on-windows-7/5389390c-e989-4c8e-8fe0-62673f1410ce?page=4#LastReply
It appears that there may be some hardware incompatibilities as well. If you have the NVIDIA driver NVWGF2UM.DLL, try renaming it as: NVWGF2UM.old as was mentioned in:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/microsoft-word-has-stopped-working-when-i-close/8375b5b6-4f7e-46ed-a02b-90152ecad287#LastReply
also See: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_365hp-word/office-2013-crashes-with-canon-8350-printer/e2bf6530-92e0-47ef-b6ec-e803a91793d0?page=3#LastReply
From the File tab, select Options and then click on Advanced and then in the Display section of the dialog, check the box for Disable hardware graphics acceleration
For the error message "There was a problem sending the command to the program", use Windows Explorer to access the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15 folder and right click on WINWORD.EXE then on Properties,
go to the Compatibility tab and uncheck all the boxes. It has also been reported that the problem can be overcome by editing the registry at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open and deleting the ddeexec key.
The ddeexec can also be deleted from
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12\shell\Open.
That fix is described at ...
http://www.dilloway.co.uk/there-was-a-problem-sending-the-command.html
It has been reported that uninstalling FastPictureView and FastPictureViewer Pro… overcomes the issue of the Minimize, Maximize, Close and Help buttons not being visible in Office 2013.
If you have a Canon 8350 printer, try using the Canon MF8000 UFRI LT XPS driver as detail in the post by Riad Amstha on
April 14 in the thread at:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_365hp-word/office-2013-crashes-with-canon-8350-printer/e2bf6530-92e0-47ef-b6ec-e803a91793d0?page=3#LastReply
Refer to the following website for information on repairing Office 365:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/repair-or-remove-office-2010-HA010357402.aspx
Word 2013 Crashes “All the time” - PS CS3 Fonts not compatible with Word 2013: Found out after many test that there's an incompatibility between Adobe PS CS3 and Word 2013 fonts causing the Word to crash. No clue about a solution except
not using Adobe fonts on Word.
Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org
</snip>
**Office 2013 upgrade installed but apps all close immediately upon starting up**
**http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2013\_release-office\_install/office-2013-upgrade-installed-but-apps-all-close/fa8d60ae-cb22-4910-8d16-3c71593f4ea9******
<snip>I found some posts on line about opening each product that was closing in safe mode and disabling the ABBYY Reader add-on. THis solved my problems. Not sure why but I disabled that add on in WORD, EXCEL, and OUTLOOK and they all work now. </snip>
2013 02 12 - Copy error, some error in Event Viewer with the file gdiplus.dll - Uninstall iCloud Panel
<snip> While I couldn't precisely say whether the problems from Office stemmed from the iCloud Panel software, I decided to uninstall the software as I don't use it anyway. After doing that, Office is now working perfectly fine. No more
re-starting or crashing when I'm running IE at the back, nor trying to copy something in Word or Excel. It looks like the iCloud Panel software does have some compatibility issues with Office. </snip>
Clipboard functionality no longer allows ability to paste formatting in Office Apps – Skype error – Official notice
**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2697462**
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/excel/thread/0cffef67-afca-45ad-b75d-3eeb4a859983****
Starting in March 2012, "Skype click to Call" has been causing problems File Open problems, and Copy/Paste problems in Office Apps.
The quick test for this problem is to close all open browsers. If the problem goes away it is probably Skype.
March 30 – MS has released an update to Skype that fixes the problem. Go to the Skype site, download and install the newest version ofc the program.
Clipboard broken – “Smart RAM”
<snip>
For anyone reading this, I figured out the problem after surfing the web for the past 3-4 weeks. Painful process. I have a paid version of Advanced SystemCare Pro, v5.2.0. 3-4 weeks ago, while scanning through it's vast offerings, I came
across a feature I could activate called "Smart RAM". I turned it on and checked the 5 boxes it offers in the settings. The last of those 5 is "Clean Clipboard". I unchecked this box a few minutes ago and it fixed my issues. I now have no problems with copy/paste.
Info only, it case it helps anyone.
<snip>
Cannot select text – “Synergy”
<snip> Hi, I recently came across this problem in MS Word 2007 where after I type or hit any key on my keyboard while in the Word window, I can no longer highlight text with my mouse (by clicking once at the beginning
of the text and dragging the mouse to the end of the text portion that I want to highlight). I have found that if I click out of the Word window and press any key on the keyboard, this seems to resolve the problem and I can finally highlight with my mouse.
However, as soon as I type anything in the Word window again, highlighting with the mouse no longer works. Clicking on any key again within the Word window does not resolve the issue- I have to push a key outside the Word window in order to resolve the problem.
</snip>
<snip> Hi, I just figured out the problem. I had installed the Synergy program 1.5 weeks ago and by uninstalling it the problem appears to be resolved. Thank you both for your time and help. </snip>
Word and Excel crash when I try to open a document
<snip> I had the same problem, i ran windword in safe mode successfully and disabled ABBYY FineReader 9.0 and the problem was solved as well, all is fine now and office is awesome!!</snip>
<snip>
I ran my old Word 2010 and removed the ABBYY add-in. I didn't have to disable the whole program. I also did the "Quick Repair" and the "Online Repair" of Office 2013 Preview, but I'm pretty sure it was the add-in removal that made the difference.
</snip
Why is MS Word 2010 freezing every time I copy anything? - <SNIP> Thank you! My culprit was MATLAB </SNIP>
Bluetooth Fix: “Microsoft Word has stopped working”
**http://www.thewindowsclub.com/fix-microsoft-word-has-stopped-working******
Example of a problem caused by Bluetooth
Alright, well, I found the answer to this final issue: I only needed to disable the Bluetooth add-in on Options. I have no idea why that would have been the problem, but I found it as a suggested fix
here. Now every single thing opens quickly and without error.
Thanks for all your help everyone.
As a recap:
o My Office 2010 was a Click-to-Run version
o Word suddenly giving me messages about "Downloading the Required Feature," freezing up, slowing down...
o Ultimately had to uninstall Office
o Reinstalled it from the Microsoft website with my product key, choosing the 64-bit version instead of the Click-to-Run version
o Installed all new updates from Windows Updates
o Restarted computer
o Word working quickly with no messages, but became unresponsive when trying to open old files
o Went to File->Options->Add-Ins->Go-> and unchecked Bluetooth.
o Everything seems to be back to normal, if not better than before.
Black Blob during Copy / Paste
My problem is if I copy text from a web site or from Excel, Access etc into Word all I get is a black spot.
I have tried a repair install and checking all the settings against my laptop - where this function works properly.
The problem is caused by a defective Bluetooth add-in for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, turn off the Com Addin.
Additional Notes:
o The defective Bluetooth add-in is usually installed by a Bluetooth driver. (In my case - Intel Centrino Wireless Bluetooth 3.0 + High Speed Adaptor (v1.1))
o Updating your Bluetooth driver (or reverting to an older version) may also resolve the problem.
o Unfortunately simply disabling the add-in through the Word options may result in a 3 second freeze when loading Word 2007. (If this is a problem, changing to a different bluetooth
driver version may be the better option)
Additional tip - Remove Older Printer Drivers
Oddly enough, this ended up being the cause of my problem. I had an older print driver installed on my Win7 machine and once I removed that driver, Word started working without any problems!
You can delete individual printer drivers by going into the registry. Note that simply going to Printers and Faxes and deleting a printer there does not delete the printer driver.
Follow Step 3 in my previous post about a printer error to remove the printer drivers:
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/fix-the-printer-spooler-service-terminated-unexpectedly/
Word 2010 Crashes when Loading DOC from SharePoint
**http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2010-word/word-2010-crashes-when-loading-docs-from/8502a925-e141-4d80-ae00-bda207dd855c******
Here is a truely Off-the-wall solution that is in the same class as bad RAM and bad Video Cards
<snip> My problem turned out to be related to the WYSE thin clients we were using to connect to the Win 2008 R2 Terminal servers. The software that allows/enhances use of dual screens called WYSE TXC Multi-Display v1.2.1.7 was causing
the applications to crash (including IE 9 32bit). Once this software was disabled - The errors stopped.
I have a feeling this software doesn't like Windows Server 2008 R2. It was being used successfully on Server 2003. I have seen a few other posts on Google for people searching for an updated version without success. </snip>
Win 7 / Office 2013 / HP Printing problem / HP MFP Printer
have latest version of Office 2013 installed Windows 7-32bit. I can only print one time (one print job sent) from any Office app, if I try printing again (sending another print job to the printer from the same office app or even non-office apps like Adobe PDF) the job gets stuck spooling, never progresses or prints. I can only print again if I reboot my computer, and then only once if I print from an Office 2013 app. I have confirmed this is an Office 2013 bug because I have Office 2010 still installed so the very same document will print on the same printer fine and I can print after that just fine. So once I try to print from any Office 2013 app, the print spooler hangs.
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After the problem occurred again even though I disabled Windows Defender, I have now confirmed it is the Printer driver (HP MFP printer). I determined this by setting up a "virtual" printer and was able to print to it consistently with
no problem. Interestingly, that printer was one from the Windows 7 normal selections and probably older than the printer I am trying to print to. Unfortunately HP has not updated my printer's driver since 2009 and I doubt they will at this point. I still don't
know what has changed in Office 2013 vs. 2010 that would cause a working printer driver to have this problem.
When using word 2013, the arrows on the vertical scroll bar on right of page are not working well.
They work a couple of times then seize up. I use them when slowly reading through or altering a document and hate that they are not functioning properly!!
Surprise Solution: Uninstall expired factory installed Office 2007 trial.
OK, whatever works …
Word 2013 Crashes “all the time” - Adobe PS CS3 issue
Found out after many test that there's an incompatibility between Adobe PS CS3 and Word 2013 fonts causing the Word to crash. No clue about a solution except not using Adobe fonts on Word.
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