Word won't let me save or close documents

Hi, my Word won't let me save or close pages- most of the tool bar at the top is greyed out and when I click file the only options are 'open recent' and 'share'. Does anyone know how to fix this? I've got a document open and I can't close or save it.
Thank you!

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