for me, it is for everything.
new documents and all.

Have you upgraded your hardware recently? It sounds as though it needs
activating and it is currently in reduced functionality mode. This happens
when it was not activated and has been used 50 times or you change your
hardware and it thinks that you have move your HDD to another computer.

Terry

"sohochika31" <sohochika31@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsB61237F-CDC8-4F36-B2C0-08F44D56AF4F@microsoft.com...
> for me, it is for everything.
> new documents and all.

same for me new documents, old documents, templates that I download and
everything. It just won't take anything and most of my toolbars are grey.

"sohochika31" wrote:

> for me, it is for everything.
> new documents and all.

Have you updated any apps or installed any new apps or utilities or upgrades
recently?

Terry

"tberry" <tberry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F135249A-FD12-4308-9A6E-A575C5151395@microsoft.com...
> same for me new documents, old documents, templates that I download and
> everything. It just won't take anything and most of my toolbars are grey.
>
> "sohochika31" wrote:
>
>> for me, it is for everything.
>> new documents and all.

I typed a presentation, must have hit Ctrl+D and now I can't type a thing!
It won't let me format the document, won't clear the problem, won't copy to
another document without the same problem ... Now what?



"Terry Farrell" wrote:

> Have you updated any apps or installed any new apps or utilities or upgrades
> recently?
>
> Terry
>
> "tberry" <tberry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F135249A-FD12-4308-9A6E-A575C5151395@microsoft.com...
> > same for me new documents, old documents, templates that I download and
> > everything. It just won't take anything and most of my toolbars are grey.
> >
> > "sohochika31" wrote:
> >
> >> for me, it is for everything.
> >> new documents and all.
>

I am having the same problem. Did you find an answer?

"psychdeb" wrote:

> I typed a presentation, must have hit Ctrl+D and now I can't type a thing!
> It won't let me format the document, won't clear the problem, won't copy to
> another document without the same problem ... Now what?
>
>
>
> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>
> > Have you updated any apps or installed any new apps or utilities or upgrades
> > recently?
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > "tberry" <tberry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F135249A-FD12-4308-9A6E-A575C5151395@microsoft.com...
> > > same for me new documents, old documents, templates that I download and
> > > everything. It just won't take anything and most of my toolbars are grey.
> > >
> > > "sohochika31" wrote:
> > >
> > >> for me, it is for everything.
> > >> new documents and all.
> >

My Mother has an identical problem the computer will nolonger give her any
access to office 2003 other than to look at her documents everything is
locked. Does anyone have a solution?

"mspace" wrote:

> I am having the same problem. Did you find an answer?
>
> "psychdeb" wrote:
>
> > I typed a presentation, must have hit Ctrl+D and now I can't type a thing!
> > It won't let me format the document, won't clear the problem, won't copy to
> > another document without the same problem ... Now what?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
> >
> > > Have you updated any apps or installed any new apps or utilities or upgrades
> > > recently?
> > >
> > > Terry
> > >
> > > "tberry" <tberry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:F135249A-FD12-4308-9A6E-A575C5151395@microsoft.com...
> > > > same for me new documents, old documents, templates that I download and
> > > > everything. It just won't take anything and most of my toolbars are grey.
> > > >
> > > > "sohochika31" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> for me, it is for everything.
> > > >> new documents and all.
> > >

mine is weird too. everytime i type it says "modification is not allowed
because the selection is locked"
anyone know how to fix it?

"Ben Green" wrote:

> My Mother has an identical problem the computer will nolonger give her any
> access to office 2003 other than to look at her documents everything is
> locked. Does anyone have a solution?
>
> "mspace" wrote:
>
> > I am having the same problem. Did you find an answer?
> >
> > "psychdeb" wrote:
> >
> > > I typed a presentation, must have hit Ctrl+D and now I can't type a thing!
> > > It won't let me format the document, won't clear the problem, won't copy to
> > > another document without the same problem ... Now what?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Have you updated any apps or installed any new apps or utilities or upgrades
> > > > recently?
> > > >
> > > > Terry
> > > >
> > > > "tberry" <tberry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:F135249A-FD12-4308-9A6E-A575C5151395@microsoft.com...
> > > > > same for me new documents, old documents, templates that I download and
> > > > > everything. It just won't take anything and most of my toolbars are grey.
> > > > >
> > > > > "sohochika31" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> for me, it is for everything.
> > > > >> new documents and all.
> > > >

Ctrl+D opens the Font dialog. There is no reason it should lock the program
unless the dialog box opens behind the Word window.

The error message you are receiving indicates that either you haven't
activated Word or it is a trial version that has expired.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"breanna" <breanna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BF348094-648B-4241-9D25-1003B0BA8E28@microsoft.com...
> mine is weird too. everytime i type it says "modification is not allowed
> because the selection is locked"
> anyone know how to fix it?
>
> "Ben Green" wrote:
>
>> My Mother has an identical problem the computer will nolonger give her
>> any
>> access to office 2003 other than to look at her documents everything is
>> locked. Does anyone have a solution?
>>
>> "mspace" wrote:
>>
>> > I am having the same problem. Did you find an answer?
>> >
>> > "psychdeb" wrote:
>> >
>> > > I typed a presentation, must have hit Ctrl+D and now I can't type a
>> > > thing!
>> > > It won't let me format the document, won't clear the problem, won't
>> > > copy to
>> > > another document without the same problem ... Now what?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Have you updated any apps or installed any new apps or utilities or
>> > > > upgrades
>> > > > recently?
>> > > >
>> > > > Terry
>> > > >
>> > > > "tberry" <tberry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > > > news:F135249A-FD12-4308-9A6E-A575C5151395@microsoft.com...
>> > > > > same for me new documents, old documents, templates that I
>> > > > > download and
>> > > > > everything. It just won't take anything and most of my toolbars
>> > > > > are grey.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > "sohochika31" wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >> for me, it is for everything.
>> > > > >> new documents and all.
>> > > >
>

did you ever get an amswer or a resolution to this problem - i have the same
[problem on my daughters computer - it's not a trial version either.


"Ben Green" wrote:

> My Mother has an identical problem the computer will nolonger give her any
> access to office 2003 other than to look at her documents everything is
> locked. Does anyone have a solution?
>
> "mspace" wrote:
>
> > I am having the same problem. Did you find an answer?
> >
> > "psychdeb" wrote:
> >
> > > I typed a presentation, must have hit Ctrl+D and now I can't type a thing!
> > > It won't let me format the document, won't clear the problem, won't copy to
> > > another document without the same problem ... Now what?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Have you updated any apps or installed any new apps or utilities or upgrades
> > > > recently?
> > > >
> > > > Terry
> > > >
> > > > "tberry" <tberry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:F135249A-FD12-4308-9A6E-A575C5151395@microsoft.com...
> > > > > same for me new documents, old documents, templates that I download and
> > > > > everything. It just won't take anything and most of my toolbars are grey.
> > > > >
> > > > > "sohochika31" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> for me, it is for everything.
> > > > >> new documents and all.
> > > >