When I try to close a Word document the word icon on the task bar turns ORANGE and blinks. To complete the shut down, I must click on it then select either save or don't save the changes, no changes were made. If however, I hit the save icon on the toolbar first, it will shut down. Also, anytime while in a word document if I go to tools/options, the orange word icon blinks again.

This just started yesterday and I have not INSTALLED anything NEW or done anything different from day-to-day work. I have also run a complete anti-virus scan. Prior to this everything was working great.

I have Windows XP and MS Office 2002. This is a new (one week old) Dell laptop 700M.

If possible, please respond to [emailprotected] Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have spent the whole day trying to fix this.

BillCall Dell. If you call Microsoft they will just tell you this also. Was this a timed version that has timed out for some reason?Can you show a screenshot of your problem?

What security is installed/used?