Yes.
I double checked before I reinstalled, and went straight to the Office installed directory and deleted the folder manually as it was left behind after the uninstall.

Just had a thought.
This problem did not occur after I formatted, it occured when I installed my copy of Office XP onto my new laptop Dell Inspiron 1501 I can post the specs if that will help?

Do you have any application errors in Event Viewer?

Start > run > eventvwr.msc

I have never used Event Viewer before so I'm afraid you are going to have to talk me through this one....sorry.

Click on Application (on the left) and see if you have any Office/Word errors in there (on the right).

I'm going to have to shoot off to work, (12 hour shift) I'll be back tomorrow at 9am'ish.
Thank you in advance for all the help i'm receiving, just hope we can get this sorted soon.

I have gone through the list but nothing stands out what could be related to Microsoft Office. I have tried to run Office and the spell checker then quickly go back to Event Viewer to see if any application errors pop up but nothing is coming up.