This is usually a symptom that Normal.dot has been overwritten with a
document. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

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"Haz" wrote in message
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In my normal.dot, the Header/Footer Insert Autotext option is grayed out.
Also in quite a few, if not most, of my existing documents, it turns out.

Any thoughts on how to get it back?
Thank you

Haz