In your users>yourname>library>preferences there is a folder called Microsoft. Put it on the desktop and restart Word. If it works, trash the folder minus Custom Dictionary. If not, put it back. Then find the Normal.dotm file (in the users>yourname>library>application support>Microsoft>Office>user templates. Again, drag it to the desktop and check Word. I suspect it is this file that misbehaves. <span id="INSERTION_MARKER">