Pat..thank you for that information.
I tried all of the methods to remove the text from normal file, all to no
avail.
I still get Document 1 with text in it.

bob

"Pat Garard" wrote:

G'Day Bob,

You have somehow saved some unwanted text into your
NORMAL template.

Please see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ocNotBlank.htm
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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"bob" wrote in message
...
When I open a New Page instead of a blank page I get a page with text
already
on it...I am unable to delete it.
I am using Word 2000.
Any help will be appreicated.
bob