Problem exiting Word

[Ferg Brand]

I am running Microsoft Office xp Professional. If I open a Word document and
immediately click on x in upper right hand corner to exit, it does not exit.
Instead the title bar at the top of the screen and the button on the toolbar
at the bottom flashes. I have to ctrl-alt-delete and end task to exit.

There is no problem if I click on the document before trying to exit.

Any ideas?

Ferg Brand