Hello:

My old W98 PC, dating from around '98 used a '97 version of Word.
Never any problems, worked quite well.

Now I just bought a new PC, running XP, and the version of Word
that came with it is driving me crazy.

This version is labeled as Word 2002 (10.4030.2625)

I'm just a typical home user; a few letters, and other very simple word
processing.
Absolutely nothing fancy. Just use the most basic functions; don't need, or
desire, the zillions of bells and whistles in it. Never use Templates, etc.

Just want to look at, create, or re-open, a document, and of
course to re-save it.

The following happens most of the time, but not all of the time:

When I go to close out something I've looked at, or possibly modified a
little, I get:

"This File is in use by another application or user."

Then Save As comes up. The Default window in this Save As shows
Templates

I then click the upper X box to close it out.

Then it says:

"Changes have been made that effect
the Global Template, Normal.
Do you want to Save these changes ?"

(I never use Templates, or modify any of them)

I click on NO.

Then it usually just repeats all of this, but eventually I do get out of it.

What options or configurations must I do to eliminate all of these
messages, and just have a "simple" word process again, like before ?
It's really driving me batty.

Much thanks, appreciate the help,
Bob

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Hello:

My old W98 PC, dating from around '98 used a '97 version of Word.
Never any problems, worked quite well.

Now I just bought a new PC, running XP, and the version of Word
that came with it is driving me crazy.

This version is labeled as Word 2002 (10.4030.2625)

I'm just a typical home user; a few letters, and other very simple word
processing.
Absolutely nothing fancy. Just use the most basic functions; don't need,
or
desire, the zillions of bells and whistles in it. Never use Templates,
etc.

Just want to look at, create, or re-open, a document, and of
course to re-save it.

The following happens most of the time, but not all of the time:

When I go to close out something I've looked at, or possibly modified a
little, I get:

"This File is in use by another application or user."

Then Save As comes up. The Default window in this Save As shows
Templates

I then click the upper X box to close it out.

Then it says:

"Changes have been made that effect
the Global Template, Normal.
Do you want to Save these changes ?"

(I never use Templates, or modify any of them)

I click on NO.

Then it usually just repeats all of this, but eventually I do get out of
it.

What options or configurations must I do to eliminate all of these
messages, and just have a "simple" word process again, like before ?
It's really driving me batty.

Much thanks, appreciate the help,
Bob