I don't get a blank document when I select New; I get a custom te.

[Frustrated Fred]

A document (it probably got saved as a template ) seems to have replaced the
normal.dot template in startup of Word. Whenever I click on File, New or the
blank document icon I get this document that was created earlier. How do I
get back to a blank document when I open Word?

 

[Bill Foley]

Check out the following:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

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[Chuck Davis]

-----Original Message-----
A document (it probably got saved as a template ) seems to have replaced the
normal.dot template in startup of Word. Whenever I click on File, New or the
blank document icon I get this document that was created earlier. How do I
get back to a blank document when I open Word?
.

Locate the normal.dot file. Delete it and re-open word. A
new normal.dot file will be created.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

We don't ever recommend deleting Normal.dot, which could cause users to lose
years' worth of customization. Renaming is sufficient for the purpose and
permits most customizations to be retrieved using the Organizer.