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Default How do i change what opens when i start Microsoft word?

when i open word one of my final exam papers from last semester automatically
opens. I've tried changing my "normal" file, deleting macros, nothing works.
How do i set the default document to open up to be blank?
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Take a look he

http://word.mvps.org/fAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

If editing Normal.dot/Normal.dotm doesn't fix the problem, make sure you're
editing the correct one. Some people have multiple copies in different
folders.

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when i open word one of my final exam papers from last semester
automatically
opens. I've tried changing my "normal" file, deleting macros, nothing
works.
How do i set the default document to open up to be blank?


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