MS Word suddenly stopped working properly

MS Word suddenly stopped working properly while I was using it today.
How can I make it work again properly?
Here are the complete details of the problem:

Microsoft Word has stopped working
Windows can check online for a solution to the problem and try to recover your information
Fault Module Timestamp: 4b8bae2e
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000044b3
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Local ID: 1033
