New Blank Document

J

JackO

When i open a New Blank Document it has lots of random letters/numbers
on it that I must clear before i start to work. How do i clear them
permanently? I am running Word 2004 on an iMac Core 2 Duo with OS X
10.4.10

thanks in advance for your assistance.

JackO
 
J

JE McGimpsey

JackO said:
When i open a New Blank Document it has lots of random letters/numbers
on it that I must clear before i start to work. How do i clear them
permanently? I am running Word 2004 on an iMac Core 2 Duo with OS X
10.4.10

One way:

With Word closed, trash your Normal template, by default at

~:Documents:Microsoft User Data:Normal
 
M

Michel Bintener

In the Finder, go to ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data and double-click a file
called "Normal". Delete the text, then save the file, and the new blank
document should be blank again. Word uses said Normal file as a scratch pad,
i.e. every single new document, unless specified otherwise, is based on that
template file.


When i open a New Blank Document it has lots of random letters/numbers
on it that I must clear before i start to work. How do i clear them
permanently? I am running Word 2004 on an iMac Core 2 Duo with OS X
10.4.10

thanks in advance for your assistance.

JackO


--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***
 
G

ginagig

In the Finder, go to ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data and double-click a file
called "Normal". Delete the text, then save the file, and the new blank
document should be blank again. Word uses said Normal file as a scratch pad,
i.e. every single new document, unless specified otherwise, is based on that
template file.





--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***

You are a lifesaver - this has been driving me mad for months!
Gina
 

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