Word is not allowing me to add copy materials into it, excel is working but word is not.

Whenever an Office program misbehaves, an Office repair is worth a try:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/repair-an-office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c5bb88b

Hi @Smith, Betty W，

Did this problem appear in all Word documents?

I suggest you open Word in safe mode, running the following command: Press Win + R, type "winword /safe" in the blank box, press Enter. If it works fine in safe mode, please check the add-ins in your excel and disable them.

Click File > Excel Options > Add-Ins on the left side of the dialog. Then click the drop-down arrow at the bottom of the dialog box and select "COM Add-Ins" from the list, then click the GO button. What comes up is a list of COM-Add Ins that are loaded and running.

Please read this article and try these methods:

https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-US/office/troubleshoot/word/issues-when-start-or-use-word

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