Microsoft Office Word Support Team Blog

"Word cannot start the converter SSPDFCG_X64.cnv" error when you try to start Word

We are seeing some new reports of folks getting the error "Word cannot start the converter...

Author: Laura Holzwarth-Struck [MSFT] Date: 01/17/2017

"Do you want to download the converter?" when you try to open a file in Excel, Word or PowerPoint KB Article

Hello, this is Laura from the content team from Microsoft. We are seeing a lot of traffic to this KB...

Author: Laura Holzwarth-Struck [MSFT] Date: 11/02/2016

Word 2016 Page Setup dialog is missing Other pages section

We are seeing reports of the Page Setup tab is missing the Other Pages section on the dialog.  We...

Author: Aaron Br - MSFT Date: 08/05/2016

Word for Mac 2016 crashes when using custom keyboard layouts

We are seeing reports of Word for Mac 2016 crashing in the following scenario: The crash happens...

Author: Laura Holzwarth-Struck [MSFT] Date: 12/22/2015

Form Controls stop working after December 2014 Updates

For some users, Form Controls (FM20.dll) are no longer working as expected after installing MS14-082...

Author: Laura Holzwarth-Struck [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2014

New OneNote Support Blog

We have transitioned the OneNote posts to a new blog. Check it out here...

Author: Laura Holzwarth-Struck [MSFT] Date: 11/21/2014

Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Updates are Now Available: Find these links located on the following Office Update Blog...

Author: Keith El-MSFT Date: 04/03/2014

"Cannot open the file because the file format or extension is invalid" opening Office files

UPDATE: Upon further analysis of the files that have been submitted to us for investigation, the...

Author: Keith El-MSFT Date: 09/09/2013

Office 2013 VBA component stops functioning

We are seeing a few cases where the VBA component of the Office 2013 apps stop functioning. The...

Author: Keith El-MSFT Date: 04/26/2013

"Unspecified Automation Error" after applying MS12-060

MS12-060 is a security update that was released Tuesday, August 14, 2012. This update replaced...

Author: Keith El-MSFT Date: 08/16/2012

Deleting orphaned list templates in a document.

From time to time, we come across support cases where customers need to clean up the list templates...

Author: Brandon De - MSFT Date: 07/13/2012

Deploy custom templates in Microsoft Office.

When it comes to creating Word documents, everything starts with the template. You cannot create a...

Author: Brandon De - MSFT Date: 01/03/2012

How to disable the Save to SkyDrive functionality in OneNote 2010.

We have been getting a few support cases lately dealing with finding a way to disable the Save to...

Author: Brandon De - MSFT Date: 11/30/2011

Error when opening a Word 2007 or 2010 document “The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag”

We've recently noticed an issue where documents are becoming corrupt after making edits and saving...

Author: Brandon De - MSFT Date: 03/24/2011

After Installing KB2251419, Microsoft Word 2007 application is crashing

We recently released a security update KB2251419. MS10-056: Description of the security update for...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 08/31/2010

June 2010 Cumulative updates are shipped for Word 2010 and Word 2007

June 2010 Cumulative updates are shipped. Following are the KBs for Word 2010 and Word 2007...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 07/06/2010

April 2010 Cumulative updates for Word 2007

Happy Patch Tuesday !!! Today we released Cumulative Updates for Office. We fixed number of issues...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 04/27/2010

When trying to do email mail merge in Word on Windows 7, no email messages are sent

In the past few days I have seen number of issues reported to us by our customers where they are...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 04/13/2010

If you are interested in finding the updated information about Office updates, patches or security...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 01/08/2010

Word 2007 When Saving Word Document Reviewer name is changing to "Author" or "A1" etc

Recently I worked with few support issues where users had documents with Track Changes enabled. When...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 01/07/2010

Update released for Microsoft Word 2007: December 15, 2009

Today we released update for Microsoft Word 2007. Following are the issues fixed for Word 2007 When...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 12/15/2009

Office 2003: Error "Unexpected error occurred. Please try again later or contact your system administrator"

On Friday Dec 11 2009, Office 2003 started displaying following error message when trying to open...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 12/14/2009

When opening the Word document users are getting error “Word cannot start the converter mswrd632.wpc” or “Cannot load Word for Windows 6.0 files”

Problem: - When attempting to open a Word document, users are getting one of following error 1) Word...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 12/10/2009

Office 2007: When accessing the client machine remotely using Dameware, clicking on Office Button does not display the drop down

Problem =========== When you access a client machine remotely using Dameware, clicking the Microsoft...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 10/07/2009

"Get Started with Office Live" (add-in) window keeps popping up after first startup of Word/Excel/PowerPoint (2007)

There was a new update 'Office Live Add-in' that we started offering through Microsoft Update...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 02/07/2009

Sharing OneNote notebooks between multiple computers.

Requirements: OneNote 2007 installed on each computer One shared folder location where the notebooks...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 02/07/2009

Word 2007 file save errors - an error is displayed when attempting to save a Word document

Some Microsoft Office Word 2007 customers have reported problems using Word to save files. Most...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 02/07/2009

Field codes in Microsoft Office Word can be scary if you don't know what they are. Imagine you open...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 02/07/2009

How to know when an add-in might be causing Word to behave unexpectedly

Because there are many ways to customize Microsoft Office Word, there is an uncounted number of...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 02/07/2009

What to do next when some Word documents will not open after installing Service Pack 3 for Office 2003

After you install Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3), you can no longer use Microsoft Office...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 02/07/2009

Microsoft Office Word: Basic problem solving tools for when unexpected things happen

Just like many other trades and professions, the Microsoft Office Word support engineer uses a basic...

Author: Navdeep Bawa Date: 02/07/2009