Try editing your normal.dot, turning off document map, save and close
normal.dot, close Word and reopen.
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"meb1968" wrote in message
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Whenever I create a new document in Word (Office XP version) my documents
automatically open in the "document map" view instead of the "normal
view"...
even if I try to re-save the document in normal view it automatically
opens
up with the document map view pannel on the side. Also word documents
that I
e-mail do the same thing. HELP