Help with MS Office
 

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I'm running Office 2016 on Windows 10 on an MS Surface Pro, and it has been absolutely flawless for the last year.

Then just this evening, I tried to open a Word file, and it would get to a certain point, then just sit there. So I tried Excel and Power Point, and they all did the same thing.

I click to open one of the Office programs, and it will get to a certain point, then freeze.

I have no idea what is happening. It does the same thing even if I try to open in safe mode. Can you help?


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 9:17 pm
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Corrupted file ?

If its not confidential you can email me it amd it will try and open with Mac Pages and iPad iAnnotate


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 9:22 pm
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[coughs] have you turned it off and on again?


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 9:28 pm
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It's not just one file, though. It's the whole of Office.

EDIT: Yes, I have definitely turned it off and on!


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 9:29 pm
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All the way off or standby.

If it's a year old, has your office subscription run out?


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 9:31 pm
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Try going to Add/Remove Programs, find Office and select the Repair option.

(Assuming Office 2016 has this option. Never used it)


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 9:46 pm
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Yeah - shutdown on W10 doesn't actually shut down. Restart does though.


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 10:01 pm
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Had something like that on the 'other' laptop last week. The repair option sorted it, but you could try logging in to the portal and reinstalling?


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 10:02 pm
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What GrahamS suggested has worked perfectly. Thank you!


 
Posted : 09/05/2017 10:11 pm
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It just works too 😥


 
Posted : 10/05/2017 3:53 pm
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There was an urgent Windows update flying about yesterday and today and an office update the day before I think, they often happen in the background on the sly and our guys get lots of calls about slow machines and problems with office.


 
Posted : 10/05/2017 5:29 pm
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and our guys get lots of calls about slow machines and problems with office.
yep. Whenever I start to get complaints about slow machines the first thing I check is the calendar. Its almost always Tuesday 🙂


 
Posted : 10/05/2017 6:09 pm

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