Word 2013 Crashing

Hi,

I am working on a medium-size document (~60 pages).

At some point, I changed something in one of the pages (style, content). After that, Word crashes whenever I enter that page.

The same happens with Office 365 online. Tried several installations of Office 2013, and the same happens everywhere.

If I copy the contents to a new blank file, they work, but I lose the original document template. If I try to create a new document using the same template and paste the contents, it crashes again.

The problem seems to be some weird combination of a specific template and some content or style.

What can I do about this? What can be causing it?

Thanks,

RP

February 22nd, 2015 6:26pm

Hi,

Seemingly you have found the cause of the issue, "combination of a specific template and some content or style".

Check if the issue persists if Word is in Safe Mode:

Press Win + R, type "winword.exe /safe" in the blank box, press Enter.

Then browse to this document to open it, check the result.

In addition, maybe we can find useful information from the event logs to determine the root cause of the issue:

Press Win + R, type "eventvwr" in the blank box, press Enter.

Browse to Windows Logs -> Application, find the error about this crash issue.

You can also send use the event logs and the Word document to us, we can help analyze the problem on our side. To protect your private information, you can send the information to our email address:

ibsofc@microsoft.com

Regards,

Melon Chen

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February 22nd, 2015 10:33pm

Hi,

Thanks for the quick response!

I sent an email to ibsofc@microsoft.com with the error log and the actual document. Now waiting for a reply.

Cheers,

RP

February 23rd, 2015 8:22am

Hi Ricardo,

I received your email, and when I opened the document, the issue you described occurred.

The error I found in the Event Viewer was similar to yours, "Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE15\MSPTLS.DLL".

Basically the cause is clear now, the content with this template. The workaround I suggest is to copy and paste the content to a new template. If you need to analyze the issue further, I suggest you open a Premier ticket.

Regards,

Melon Chen

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February 24th, 2015 1:49am

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