Vista - Mouse does not work on Microsoft Word 2007

I have a Dell XPS M2010 laptop and am using Windows Vista. A few weeks ago,
my mouse stopped working in Microsoft Word. I can't right click or scroll
down using the vertical bar. The mouse works for all other applications
except Microsoft Word 2007. I even switched the mouse and it still doesn't
work. I re-installed Word 2007 and the mouse still did not work.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

"elissa2007" <elissa2007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Dell XPS M2010 laptop and am using Windows Vista. A few weeks
>ago,
> my mouse stopped working in Microsoft Word. I can't right click or scroll
> down using the vertical bar. The mouse works for all other applications
> except Microsoft Word 2007. I even switched the mouse and it still
> doesn't
> work. I re-installed Word 2007 and the mouse still did not work.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?

Scan for viruses. Also see if there are any Add-Ins loaded. They could be
intercepting the mouse messages.

I too am exhausted in trying to figure out the Vista with Office 2007 WORD with no mouse functions and scrolling features. I have an HP Computer almost new and cannot find a solution. Any help pleaseeeee!!!!!!!!

Hi,

Try this: Control Panel/Mouse/Options tab, disable (uncheck) the line to
hide the mouse while typing.

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"RDriggers" <RDriggers.32bo79@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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I found a solution at Tim Anderson’s ITWriting - Tech writing blog » Annoying Word 2007 problem: can’t select text. There are a lot of people dealing with this problem and the one the worked for me was to delete/rename the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

So much better!!!

I hope this helps.

CARTER

Thanks for taking the time to post. This solved my problem too. I didn't delete the registry entry but just renamed it to "olddata" so I could turn it back on if I needed it.

BTW, I had this problem with Office 2007 running Windows 7 build 7100.

This was also the fix I needed. I had no problems until after I ran "Registry Mechanic" might have been a coincidence, but thought I would mention it.

thollowood <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
That's not at all surprising. It was Registry Mechanic.

Oh my, thank you!
I was getting really frustrated when my laptop restarted automatically, and then the mouse stopped working in MS Word! Now I can continue with my assignment.

I had the same issue and this solution worked for me. This also fixed my problem with MS Word not able to exit cleanly.