Word 2000 Normal.dot template

[Annie]

I want to change the default template when I open word to
show a blank page. I must have saved a letter i was
doing as the normal.dot template. Now everytime I start
word this letter comes up and all I want is a blank page.
Can anyone tell me how to change this?

I can't delete the normal template because it always
shows as open in word.

Thank you.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

See here:

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

DM


http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm

 

[Nancy]

How about if, when you open it and it displays the unwanted letter, you just DELETE all parts of the letter so that it's now a blank document ... then save it again as your Normal.dot template. Be sure when you're saving it that you change from a .doc to a .dot in the Save As Type box.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Sorry Nancy,

This is not a good idea. Normal.dot holds a lot more than text or the
absence of text. Annie should follow the link that Dayo gave her and it will
take her step-by-step though what needs to be done.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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How about if, when you open it and it displays the unwanted letter, you

just DELETE all parts of the letter so that it's now a blank document ...
then save it again as your Normal.dot template. Be sure when you're saving
it that you change from a .doc to a .dot in the Save As Type box.