Suzanne...Bingo! that did it..thanks for the tip..
bob

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you opened Normal.dot and found a blank page, then this is not the
Normal.dot that Word is using. Look at the File Locations tab of Tools |
Options. The location given for "User templates" is the one where you want
to look for the active Normal.dot.

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"Bob" wrote in message
...
Pat...I found the Normal file and opened it...it opens to a blank page.
how do I save that blank page to be the new normal page? If I just Click
on
Close the same old New page with the text comes up again.

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
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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