My Normal .dot template was somehow edited, How do I fix it?

[Guest]

Every time I open a new document in Word I am given an old letter that was
typed. It seems that it was somehoe saved as the template for blank
documents. I found that my Normal.dot template had been revised but I do not
know how to fix it.

 

[Opinicus]

Every time I open a new document in Word I am given an old
letter that was
typed. It seems that it was somehoe saved as the template
for blank
documents. I found that my Normal.dot template had been
revised but I do not
know how to fix it.

While not in Word, delete it. Or rename it to something like
"oldnormal.dot". Word will create a fresh one the next time
it starts up.

If the old template contains customizations that you want to
keep, you should rename it and then transfer the
customizations to the new one.

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Charles Kenyon]

From the FAQ:

28. My blank document has text in it - an old letter, etc. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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[Chris Longfellow]

While not in Word, delete it. Or rename it to something like
"oldnormal.dot". Word will create a fresh one the next time
it starts up.

If the old template contains customizations that you want to
keep, you should rename it and then transfer the
customizations to the new one.

--
Bob

Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

I have a similar problem. Where do I go to delete normal template? Thanks

 

[Stefan Blom]

You can search for normal.dot in Windows; be sure to search hidden files and
folders. Rename the one that you find (the default location is in a
Templates folder in your user profile, which for Windows XP means
c:\Documents and Settings\<your_user_name_here>\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates).