Preference for opening new documents

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PS14

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Is there a preference to prevent a new Word or Excel blank document opening every time I bring up Word (or Excel) from the dock?

In Office 2004 I kept Word/Excel open but parked in the dock. When I clicked on them, the menu bar for the application opened across the top of the screen but not a new blank document. 90% of my work is modifying existing files so it is tedious to keep having to close the blank documents.

I have searched preferences but cannot find a way to prevent this. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks
 
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