Automatically Repair Office Applications

Caution

Choosing this option will discard many of your customized
settings and restore default settings. For instance, the following will be set
back to the state they appeared when you first installed Office:

• The Assistant character selection
• Most-recently-used entries on the
  File menu will be removed
• The size of the application window
  for all applications
• Menu and toolbar position and any
  customizations
• Customizations and additions to
  Office Shortcut Bar
• The security level for each
  application
• View settings within the application,
  such as the Calendar view in Outlook

Your User Name and Initials will also need to re-entered when you restart
your Office applications.

1. On the Help menu, click Detect and Repair.

To restore the program shortcuts to the
Windows Start menu, make sure the
Restore my shortcuts while repairing
check box is selected.

2. Click Start.

Notes

• This feature is not available for
  Office applications earlier than Office 2000.


• This procedure detects and repairs
  problems such as missing files and registry settings associated with all
  installed Microsoft Office programs. It will not repair personal files, such
  as spreadsheets or documents.


• If the
  Detect and Repair command does not fix the problem, you might need to
  reinstall Microsoft Office.