office 365 Word won't let me type into a new document

Anonymous
2013-08-10T09:07:03+00:00

I've had Office 365 for a while now and all was good.

However for the last four weeks, or so, I have not been able to type into a new Word document. If I try to the pc just pings at me and refuses to type. No other office programme is doing this. If I open an old document, or save a new document before typing, close it then open it I can type into it.

I have Win 8 and have only installed updates from windows and new video drivers since the problem began.

I have deleted the normal template and let it recreate one on opening, but the problem still exists.

Any suggestions?

Stephen.

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Anonymous
2013-10-02T15:46:27+00:00

I have solved the problem, but forgot to come on here and say how!

After playing about with the various options in Word I finally tried turning off the start screen that popped up when I started Word.

Not sure why, but now that it's turned off and a blank document opens straight away I can now type into a blank document again.

Stephen.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-10-05T20:40:01+00:00

    Presumably "un-tick" was meant.

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  2. Jay Freedman 208.3K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2013-10-05T17:22:59+00:00

    Quoting StephenWH's post, two messages above yours,

    file>options>general then right at the bottom of the list un-ick 'Show the start screen when this application starts'.

    ['un-ick' should be 'uncheck']

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-05T16:49:43+00:00

    How do you turn off the start up screen so that a blank document opens straight away?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-03T06:36:46+00:00

    Thanks.

    Right you are. I had a brain fart. I was thinking of the "Splash screen" and saying "start screen".

    You still can suppress the splash in Word 2013 using the /q  startup parameter.

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