Do you mean all text totally in red? If so, open your normal.dot file, choose
Format, Font and check that your font colour is not set to red. If set to
red, change to black and save your normal.dot again.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you have Track Changes enabled?

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"Bruno" wrote in message
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When I start Word, everything I write appears in red. How can I have a
clean
startup sheet?