How to deal with Runtime Error in MS WordMicrosoft Word is an authoring tool, which is just a fancy word for a text editor. t allows youto write, format and edit any text information without much technical !now"how a#out its functioning. $his can #e considered as the #iggest reason for its %o%ularity.& runtime error %re'ents a %rogram from wor!ing as designed. $he effects can #e anything from losing data in a file, a%%earance of errors, corru%tion of the file itself or non"functioning feature. t may #e caused due to software or a hardware %ro#lem. Runtime errors do not cause the %rogram or Windows to sto% functioning and this ma!es them different from sto% errors.Runtime causes include ( #ut o#'iously are not limited to) ncom%ati#le a%%lications *earth of memory ( a %rogram is getting lesser memory than is re+uired &nd of course , malwaren Microsoft Word this error is attri#uted to -.M add"ins) nifty little extensions that enhanceWord/s functionality0 a%art from the reasons mentioned a#o'e.How do you fix it1Word, when it launches, refers to a glo#al tem%late for font settings and %aragra%h style. 2ou must ha'e noticed that default font -ali#ri at font si3e 44 and the new line 5enter6 usually has more s%acing than a sentence wra%%ing to next line. &ll of this is im%lemented #y a glo#al tem%late !nown as Normal.dot.$he first ste% is to start Word #y disa#ling the add"ins and deleting the glo#al tem%lates. 7orthis we start Word from a command line using a switch 8a/. 9ress the windows !ey and 8r/ together to #ring u% a run #ox. Here ty%e winword :a./a switch starts Word and %re'ents add"ins and glo#al tem%lates 5including Normal.dot6 from #eing loaded automatically..nce you ha'e Microsoft Word started, the next %hase is to identify whether the %ro#lem is #eing caused #y third"%arty add"ins or glo#al tem%lates. $o #egin this %rocess) f you are using .ffice ; menu and choose >$em%lates and &dd"ns>. f on later 'ersions, access Word o%tions from Office Button ? Word Options. .nce here, clic! on &dd"ns to %roceed with disa#ling of &dd"ns. @ocate the &dd"n, from the %ath mentioned #eside it. -lose word and go to the location from the a#o'e ste%, to delete the add"in.9.S.) My %ersonal ex%erience says that we can sur'i'e and flourish without an add"in and hence it can #e safely deleted. f you are still s+ueamish a#out deleting an &dd"n, sim%ly mo'e the add"ins , one at a time , from the located folder. Start Microsoft Word as you normally would, to 'erify if the %ro#lem has #een resol'ed.Alo#al tem%late files, which define the formatting when a new file is o%ened, ha'e an e+ual share in throwing the runtime error. f that is the case, #elow two methods can hel% you fix it. f you are not sure of the 8case/, #elow methods can #e harmlessly followed.. Rename the Bormal.dot file .%en Microsoft Word and and %ress -trlC. to access the 7ile .%en window. -lic! $em%lates, ta!e a note of the location and exit word com%letely. Ao to the noted location and rename the Normal.dot file to something li!e Normal.old. @ocate the B.RM&@.*.$ file and rename the file extension 5ma!e sure that the extension and not the filename is modified6.. $he second o%tion is to delete the file B.RM&@.*.$ com%letely. $he a#sence of a glo#al tem%late file will force Microsoft Word to sim%ly create another.9.S.) Microsoft Word should #e closed #efore attem%ting to delete any add"in, or glo#al tem%late. &ny other %rogram that is de%endent on Microsoft Word li!e nternet Ex%lorer andMicrosoft .utloo!, should #e closed out as well.f the a#o'e methods do not fix the error, the last resort is to uninstall Microsoft Word from Control Panel ? Programs and Features.Restart the com%uter for these changes to ta!e effect and then reinstall Microsoft Word u%on a successful restart.$he a#o'e methods are more li!e trial and error methods for resol'ing a %ro#lem. 7or a #etter, more accurate results 'isit and chec! out the awesome re%air tools offered.