Add the line
ActiveWindow.DocumentMap = False
to an autoopen macro in normal.dot - see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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Helen wrote:
I have suddenly started getting the doument map opening
automaticallyy when I open existing documents, even though I have not
requested it and do not require it. I can easily get rid of it, but
then it opens the next time. I cannot find out how to stop it opening.
It does not open on opening a new, blank docuent