Word opens blank template and then prompts to save changes

[Guest]

Morning everyone. Apologies if this has been covered before, but I did search
for an answer to this in vain, so I'm going to ask.

I'm running Word 2002, and every time I open an existing document, Word
creates a new document based on a template called Standard.dot. When I close
the unwanted new document, I get asked whether I want to save the changes to
Standard.dot. Can I a) stop this new document being created every time I open
a file or b) switch this prompt off?

Sorry is this is a basic question, but I can't figure out what's going on
here.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help

Nick

 

[Graham Mayor]

Difficult to answer as the default template in Word is called normal.dot. It
seems you may have a autonew or autoopen macro or an add-in that created a
new document from the standard.dot template. You need to eliminate the macro
that does this or edit it so that it works correctly.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm and probably
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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[Guest]

Thanks you so much. It was indeed a dodgy macro which was creating a new
document based on Standard.dot. I renamed the offending template and added in
a ThisDocument.Saved = True statement into the macro that was opening it.
Problem solved.

Thanks for yout help.

Nick