Personally I'd just go straight for my Microsoft Office CD...pop it in, run the installer, and select the repair option. This will restore Office 2000 (including Word) to it's original state, most likely solving your problem. The only downside is that some of your personal preferences/settings may be restored to the defaults...a small price to pay to regain the use of the program.
Hope this helps,
John
Help!
I've been working on a Microsoft Word 2000 document for some time now. I have Windows ME. Anyway...tonight my computer decided that it no longer wants to open Microsoft Word. It starts to open and I get the initial screen that introduces Microsoft Word 2000 and the lisencing agreement...and version but my computer just freezes. Anyone know what is going on? PLEASE HELP!

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