Repair+a+Crashed+Word+Installation

Usually such Word crashes are caused by corruptions in the main Word template file Normal.dot (or Normal.dotm in Word 2010/2007). If you find that Word crashes frequently, you can often cure the problem by resetting these files as follows:
 * Repair a Crashed Word Installation **When you are working on an important document and Word crashes, you can potentially lose hours of work.
 * 1) Close all open Microsoft Office applications and press [**Windows Key **] + [**R **] to open the Run box.
 * 2) Type **__%appdata%/Microsoft/templates __** and click **OK **.
 * 3) Right-click on each of the **Normal.dot ** (**Normal.dotm ** in Word 2010/2007) files found in turn, select **Rename **, and change the name to **old.Normal.dot **.
 * 4) Restart Word and the problems should be solved.