How to view error signatures if an Office program experiences a serious error and quits
Sometimes while working with any Office program you experience some problem and the program you are working with quits. At that time your computer records an error signature for that particular issue. Basically, error signature is the description of any error. The error signature includes details including program name, error name, and module name. These details are further used by Microsoft to make enhancements in Microsoft products.
Finding error signature on your computer
To find the error signature on your computer after a program stops responding, Follow below mentioned steps:
In Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003
The Event Viewer contains the error signature. To use the Event Viewer, follow these steps:
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
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Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Event Viewer
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In the Event Viewer, click the Application Log icon on the Tree tab
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To view the log, double-click any entry in the right pane where the Source column contains Microsoft Office 10 for Microsoft Office XP or Microsoft Office 11 for Microsoft Office 2003.
In Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
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The error signature is listed on the affected program’s Help menu.
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On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Program name.
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Click System Info, and then double-click Office 10 Applications in the folder tree.
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Click the Office Event/Application Fault folder.
This way you can view error signature with details like program name, error name and module name. While working with MS Word if you face any kind of corruption issue and fail to deal with it, take help of Kernel for Word. With this efficient data recovery software, Word file corruption can be handled very easily and efficiently.