This bizzare thing just started happening with WORD. I have had this Dell
laptop for about 3 months, and now, everytime I recover from sleep mode
(power management puts laptop into sleep mode after 5 minutes of non-use)
Word is automatically launched and then I receive an error message that Word
cannot connect to the designated webserver.

It does not tell me what web server it cannot connect to. I have internet
access at that time, so I am not sure what its problem is.

I am not concerned about the web access for Word, but getting annoyed that
it automatically launches when when I exit sleep mode.

Is this a setting? How can I correct? Thanks.