Dragon not working in Word.

Problem:Dictating into word or any office application does not work or you receive an error on startup of Word stating that add-ins may be disabled. Cause:Natspeak add-in may be disabled. Solution: Click “file” Click “Options” Click “Add-ins” If “Natspeak.exe” is under the add-ins section “Disabled items” This will need to be enabled. To enable “add-in”:… Continue reading Dragon not working in Word.

Set the default Microsoft Word template back to a blank document

Problem When you open Microsoft Word it is loading a previously created document as the new blank template. Solution Firstly close down Microsoft Word. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the following location: C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates Delete the file named Normal.dot Now re-open Microsoft Word and the Normal.dot file will have been replaced with default blank page.  … Continue reading Set the default Microsoft Word template back to a blank document

Microsoft Office 2013 Word & Excel crashing

Problem When trying to open Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel they crash. Cause This is caused by ABBYY FineReader and will display as “BEX” information after an error log in the event viewer(do not worry if you don’t know what this means just continue to the solution). ABBYY FineReader has a “COM Add-in” for Microsoft Word &… Continue reading Microsoft Office 2013 Word & Excel crashing

How to Disable the Office 2013 Start Screen

Problem When you open an Office 2013 program, a start screen automatically displays showing you the various templates available and a list of recent documents opened in the left column. If you would prefer to not have it displayed every time you open an Office 2013 program, it’s simple to disable. Solution 1. Open an Office… Continue reading How to Disable the Office 2013 Start Screen

How to display the location of the current file on the Quick Access Toolbar in Office 2013

Problem There are times, when working on an Office document, that you might forget where you saved the file. If you need to find out where the currently open document is located, you can use Save As to find out. However, there is a quicker way. Solution You can display the location of the currently open Office document on… Continue reading How to display the location of the current file on the Quick Access Toolbar in Office 2013