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Thread ID: 97638 2009-02-22 11:06:00 Office 2007 - all options/buttons greyed out GeneralKanos (13592) Press F1
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750323 2009-02-24 22:08:00 Well I just had the same problem!
Was in Excel editing a spreadsheet, clicked to a website to check something and when I clicked back into Excel all options were greyed out.
I just left it for a few minutes though and came back and it had sorted itself out.
Doesn't help you sorry, just weird that I had a similar prob and have never seen it before (been using Office 2007 since it came out)
CYaBro (73)
750324 2009-02-24 23:04:00 What "may have done it" ( this is for CYaBro mainly) MS in their updates have pushed out a genuine advantage for Office , called Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) - similar to the one that checks the product key is legit in the OS - what it "may" have been doing is checking to see if the Software is legal, and in the process blanked out the buttons. wainuitech (129)
750325 2009-02-25 01:39:00 I looked back thru my update history and I cant see OGA (I have heard of that tho I haven't seen it).
And I know that I cant click on the activate button so maybe its trying to validate/activate but it cant so its frozen.
Ive uninstalled with Revo and used its reg cleaner but as I said before, I opened word and it was still grayed out.

:(
GeneralKanos (13592)
750326 2009-02-25 02:34:00 uninstalling it wont actually fully remove it.

Try downloading and running windows Cleanup Utility (support.microsoft.com). Open it and look for Office 2007 - just be careful what you uninstall as it's very powerful.

The next trick is finding it - I cant see what OS you are using - in Vista, once installed, click the start Orb, type in Install It will show in the list of results - if using XP - from memory it is listed in the All programs.

Once fully removed, reboot - try installing Office 07 again.
wainuitech (129)
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