Word Frame

[rfdrj]

My blank Word docs always have a frame in them that I must remove manually.
How do I fix this major problem?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[rfdrj]

Does this also work for all of the other normal.dots that apparently have
been self creating with more letters or numbers in them?

 

[rfdrj]

I did a search and found 46 files in office or templates with the word normal
in it.
About half appear to be shortcuts.

Also 173 files total with the word normal.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There should be only one Normal.dot. Any that are not shortcuts should be
deleted, and you should try to figure out why extra ones are being produced.

 

[rfdrj]

I deleted every normal. file except one that worked correctly. Now the frame
is gone and word opens properly. Thank you

 

[grammatim]

Did the mini-line problem go away too? Maybe you were typing in a
frame.

 

[rfdrj]

Yes and maybe. It now works correctly in new documents.
I have not checked the older documents that I wrote when it was not
correct.I'll do that in a while and let you know.

 

[rfdrj]

Another question that may or may not be related to this problem.
I recently had my pc rebuilt with a new motherboard with dual processors.
When it came back, it had both a c: and d: drive inside and both have
versions of XP on them. Can I safely remove the XP from the D: drive?