Repair Office and PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

Microsoft Office 2007 is one of the most popular Office suites released so far by Microsoft. Even after so many years, it continues to be one of the major programs still in use. However, after years of use, your installation of Office 2007 may not run too well. You may encounter crashes or even some corrupted files. Additionally you may see some error messages when you launch PowerPoint 2007 or some of the other Office 2007 programs. As a result, you may feel frustrated and might want to do something magical that will solve these issues.

Fortunately, Office 2007 comes with an inbuilt on-demand detect and repair tool known as Microsoft Office Diagnostics. There are three easy ways to access this program. Additionally you can also run a Repair installation. We explain both these options within this tutorial.

Office Diagnostics

To run Office Diagnostics, follow these steps:

1. Open Office Word, Excel or PowerPoint versions of Office 2007. Then click the Microsoft Office button that appears at the top left of any of these programs, as shown in Figure 1, below. Then, click PowerPoint Options (if you are on Word or Excel then you may find this option named as per the program opened).
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   Figure 1: Click the Microsoft Office button
2. Either way you will bring up an Options dialog box. Click the Resources option within the sidebar. Then, click the Diagnose button, as shown highlighted in red wihin Figure 2, below.
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   Figure 2: The Options dialog box
3. Microsoft Office Diagnostics' window appears, as shown in Figure 3, below. Now, click the Continue button.
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   Figure 3: Microsoft Office Diagnostics
4. The Start Diagnostics window now appears. Click the Run Diagnostics button.
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   Figure 3: Run Diagnostics
5. The diagnosis may take upto 15 minutes to complete depending upon your system's performance. Once the diagnosis is completed, you will see the results, as shown in Figure 4, below.
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   Figure 4: Office Diagnosis results
6. Click the Continue button to see recommendations from Microsoft.

Running a Repair Installation

If the previous step does not work for any reason, you can opt to Repair your installation. Follow these steps to do so:

1. Launch the Run dialog box in Windows, and type in "control appwiz.cpl" without the quotes, as shown in Figure 7, below. Then, click the OK button.
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   Figure 7: THOR Options Run dialog box
2. This will launch the Programs panel, as shown in Figure 8, below. Your interface may look a little different based upon which version of Windows you are using but the general process still remains the same.
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   Figure 8: Programs and Features window
3. Within the list of programs, locate your Office 2007 version. This may differ on different systems, for instance our version of Office 2007 is called Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007. Choose your version of Office 2007, and then click the Change button, as shown in Figure 9, below.
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   Figure 9: Click the Change button
4. Now, a setup window appears, as shown in Figure 10, below. Select the Repair option and click the Continue button.
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   Figure 8: Repair window
5. The Repair process will begin and may take several minutes depending upon your system's configuration. Once the process is completed, you will find a confirmation window, as shown in Figure 9, below.
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   Figure 9: Confirmation window
6. Click the Close button to complete the Repair process.