Office XP Word and Outlook help required

[Richard]

I'm not sure what I've done, but when I open a new Word document or open a
new email, I always have text pasted in from a previous document that I
copied and pasted into something else. How do I get back to a blank page or
email?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Delete normal.dot.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Richard asked:

| I'm not sure what I've done, but when I open a new Word document or
| open a new email, I always have text pasted in from a previous
| document that I copied and pasted into something else. How do I get
| back to a blank page or email?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. If you fix
this problem in Word, then Outlook will be okay too.

 

[esme_thomas]

Please tell me where i would find the normal.dot as I want to replace it. I
do not want just add-in templates. I want my macros autotext etc. But I
cannot find the normal.dot (it used to be in
Windows/AppData/Microsoft/Templates. Please help me. I will be ever grateful.
Thanks

 

[garfield-n-odie]

The answer depends on: 1) what version of Word you have, and 2) what
version of Windows you have. In Word, click on Tools | Options | File
Locations. Your NORMAL.DOT template will be in the folder designated
for "User Templates". NORMAL.DOT is a hidden file is newer versions of
Word.