The 1st time I open word, I get "Command cannot be performed because a dialog
box is open". If I click through this, I get a dialog box that says "Word
experienced an error trying to open the file. Try these suggestions. *Check
file permissions for the document or drive. *Make sure there is enough free
memory and disk space. *Open the file with the Text recovery converter".
If I click through this, the file opens ok, and as long as I leave word
running, I can open other files without the annoyance of these little boxes.
I have tried disabling Nortons plug-in for Office, and I have tried renaming
Normal.dot to Normal.old (as per other posts for this symptom).

You receive an "The command cannot be performed because a dialog box" error
message when you try to open a file in Word 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891986

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Ryan Trusty" Ryan wrote in message
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The 1st time I open word, I get "Command cannot be performed because a
dialog
box is open". If I click through this, I get a dialog box that says "Word
experienced an error trying to open the file. Try these suggestions.
*Check
file permissions for the document or drive. *Make sure there is enough
free
memory and disk space. *Open the file with the Text recovery converter".
If I click through this, the file opens ok, and as long as I leave word
running, I can open other files without the annoyance of these little
boxes.
I have tried disabling Nortons plug-in for Office, and I have tried
renaming
Normal.dot to Normal.old (as per other posts for this symptom).