stop a template from opening as a blank document

[Nikki0914]

I have MS2007 and somehow one of my documents ended up being saved as a
template called "Normal". Now every time I open word or select a new blank
document, it pulls up "Normal". I tried going to templates and deleting it,
but it promps me saying that the file is in use by Microsoft Word and cannot
be deleted. I want to delete this template!

 

[Stefan Blom]

Exit Word and then you can delete the Normal template (the full file name is
normal.dot for Word 97-2003 and normal.dotm for Word 2007). Note, however,
that it will be safer to rename it. As you restart Word, a new fresh copy
with the factory default settings will be created.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org