Editing Word 2013

Try repairing the Office installation following the steps from the article below:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769349

The referenced "help" seems to refer to Click-To-Run, which I do not use, and Outlook, which I do not use.  It talks about not starting and crashing and failing to launch.  Unless these are code words and "Outlook" means "Word" and "fails to launch" means the file "Opens in Read-Only Mode", we are talking about two different things. 

My problem is that when I open a new file in Word the ribbon is in its usual place and is usable.  After I save it and try to reopen it, it opens … but I can't edit it.  There is no ribbon.  It may not mean anything, but it started doing this very soon after I did the Windows 8.1 Update. 

What I want to know is if this is a bug or a feature?  If it's a feature, how do I turn it off?  If it is a bug, how do I fix it? 

Help lists several ways to disable editing but none to enable editing. 

What is not helpful is being sent to a location that refers to a problem I don't have for an application I don't use. 

Andrew

Try the following link:

Try repairing the Office installation as detailed in the Knowledge Base article at:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repair-or-remove-office-2010-HA010357402.aspx

It also covers Office 2013

Maybe my problem is that the ribbon doesn't appear when I reopen a saved Word file.  Is there a cure for that? 

Andrew

Doug,

It's all better now.  Thanks. 

My last hurdle after fixing Office was that the ribbon didn't come back automatically — I had to hit "Enable Editing" or some such thing.  I just poked around until I found it.  (That option didn't exist before the fix.) 

Again, thanks. 

Andrew

The Enable Editing will appear with a document that is "Blocked" - most often because it originated from the Internet or as an attachment to an e-mail message.

See Options>Trust Center>Trust Center Settings.