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Dear Computer Lady,
I am working on Windows 98. Here my scenario: by mistake, I managed to save a document that shows up now as my template every time I open Word. How do I correct this problem? Is you need further clarity on my question, please let me know.
Thank you, Yasmeen
Dear Yasmeen,
Somehow in the process of saving your file, you saved it as a template named normal.dot. This is the file that Word uses to load a new blank document. In some versions of Word, this is easy to do, while in others it is harder, but not impossible to do. I actually come across this problem several times a year.
To fix this, all you have to do, is delete the file, normal.dot. When you open Word up, it will look for the file, and if it does not find it, will create a new, blank one.
The hardest part is finding the file.
Make sure you do not have Word open and then, click on "Start", then on "Find" (or Search) and "Files or Folders"
Click on the "Name& Location" tab and in the box labeled "Named" type the name of the file you are looking for, "normal.dot"
In the "Look in" section, make sure it says (C:) and make sure there is a check mark in front of "Include subfolders", then click "Find Now".
When the file, normal.dot shows up in the results box, just right click on it, and click Delete.
Now, open Word and it will make a new blank template.
Elizabeth
