MS Office Templates

Good morning,
I have been using MSoffice 2011 for Apple for the last 9 months. Typically, when I need to create a new document, for example, in Word, I open "new from template" then the below window appears. Up to a few days ago, all templates would appear; however, now no templates appear (regardless of what MS office application I open--Word, Excel, PP)--just a black preveiw screen as shown below. Additionally, I cannot select any other template group (e.g., Calendars, Labels, etc.). The screen is frozen--stuck on Print Layout View.
As it stands, I have to go to Finder (/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Media/...) but that is not the most efficient method to select a template. Has anyone had this problem? How is it resolved? This is really frustrating.
Look forward to replies.
Thank you,
FMW

fmwhelp wrote:
Good morning,
I have been using MSoffice 2011 for Apple for the last 9 months. Typically, when I need to create a new document, for example, in Word, I open "new from template" then the below window appears. Up to a few days ago, all templates would appear; however, now no templates appear (regardless of what MS office application I open--Word, Excel, PP)--just a black preveiw screen as shown below. Additionally, I cannot select any other template group (e.g., Calendars, Labels, etc.). The screen is frozen--stuck on Print Layout View.
As it stands, I have to go to Finder (/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Media/...) but that is not the most efficient method to select a template. Has anyone had this problem? How is it resolved? This is really frustrating.
Look forward to replies.
Thank you,
FMW
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