there was a problem sending the command to the program

[DavidTaylor3915]

The fix for the message "there was a problem sending the command to the program" in Word 2013 is at

http://www.dilloway.co.uk/there-was-a-problem-sending-the-command.html

I am confident a similar fix will work for other Office apps and for versions before 2013.

 

[drifter77]

It's probably a bug in Office 2013. Maybe an update fix or service pack would do the trick.