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The program froze as soon as you tried to scan a doc. Turns out, this is something to do with my using Endnote referencing software which uses hidden ‘field codes’ in your document. Viper somehow changes the settings on word so that it displays the field codes . If anyone else has this problem, once you have recovered from your minor heart failure you can change this back by going to word> tools> options> view, untick field codes. I’m hoping the program hasn’t changed any other settings.