See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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I copied and pasted a hotmail email to a file but the same email always
automatically appears when Word is opened. How do I stop this happening
so
that when Word is opened, a blank document appears?