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Word 2000 Problem

Sep 19, 2004 11:54PM PDT

I use Win XP Home and I'm having a problem when I want to cut>paste to edit in Word. Everytime, I go to paste a file to be edit in Word 2000, a previous document file is there. I have to do a Ctrl+A to select all and then hit "Delete" to clear it out and then do my paste of current document. How can I get rid of the first document that all shows up when I open Word? Thanx.

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Try the usual cure...
Sep 19, 2004 11:57PM PDT

Find and delete NORMAL.DOT which Word will make a new one the next time Word runs.

Bob

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Re: Word 2000 Problem
Sep 24, 2004 4:47PM PDT

I tried the "normal.dot" thru search but there's no file with such name. I really bugs me too. I just copy and paste a webpage and after that, my word program always starts with that document. I did uninstall and install my Microsoft Office Word, but still it gives me the same problem. I also used System restore but still, that particular documents comes out. It acts like a virus. I hope somebody out there can share something.

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Re: Word 2000 Problem
Sep 24, 2004 10:53PM PDT
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Re: Word 2000 Problem
Sep 26, 2004 12:25PM PDT

R. Proffitt, that site was really good! Happy I just saved it in My Document for reference in the future. Thanks.