obtained template at an university for small business owners. Now whenever I
try to use word, it uses the template format. I can't get rid of it. Can I
get a recovery Word software? I'm using Windows 2000 professional. I really
need to get this plan written soon.

H E L P

By the sounds of it, you overwrote normal.dot with your new template. Delete
it or rename it.



"Mary" wrote in message
...
obtained template at an university for small business owners. Now
whenever I
try to use word, it uses the template format. I can't get rid of it. Can
I
get a recovery Word software? I'm using Windows 2000 professional. I
really
need to get this plan written soon.

H E L P

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

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Mary" wrote in message
...
obtained template at an university for small business owners. Now
whenever I
try to use word, it uses the template format. I can't get rid of it. Can
I
get a recovery Word software? I'm using Windows 2000 professional. I
really
need to get this plan written soon.

H E L P

I went into customize and change it to document, seems to be OK now. thank
you sooo much

Mary

"Jezebel" wrote:

By the sounds of it, you overwrote normal.dot with your new template. Delete
it or rename it.



"Mary" wrote in message
...
obtained template at an university for small business owners. Now
whenever I
try to use word, it uses the template format. I can't get rid of it. Can
I
get a recovery Word software? I'm using Windows 2000 professional. I
really
need to get this plan written soon.

H E L P

From the FAQ:

28. My blank document has text in it - an old letter, etc. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErr...ocNotBlank.htm.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Mary" wrote in message
...
obtained template at an university for small business owners. Now
whenever I
try to use word, it uses the template format. I can't get rid of it. Can
I
get a recovery Word software? I'm using Windows 2000 professional. I
really
need to get this plan written soon.

H E L P

Dear Jezebel,

The first time I went under tool, customize and changed the normal which it
did work. After I opened the template again, it stopped working on all my
new word documents. Should I be changes the normal.dot somewhere else?

"Mary" wrote:

I went into customize and change it to document, seems to be OK now. thank
you sooo much

Mary

"Jezebel" wrote:

By the sounds of it, you overwrote normal.dot with your new template. Delete
it or rename it.



"Mary" wrote in message
...
obtained template at an university for small business owners. Now
whenever I
try to use word, it uses the template format. I can't get rid of it. Can
I
get a recovery Word software? I'm using Windows 2000 professional. I
really
need to get this plan written soon.

H E L P

You don't make changes to normal.dot under tools customize. You change
your toolbars.

See the responses from Suzanne Barnhill and me.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"Mary" wrote in message
...
Dear Jezebel,

The first time I went under tool, customize and changed the normal which
it
did work. After I opened the template again, it stopped working on all my
new word documents. Should I be changes the normal.dot somewhere else?

"Mary" wrote:

I went into customize and change it to document, seems to be OK now.
thank
you sooo much

Mary

"Jezebel" wrote:

By the sounds of it, you overwrote normal.dot with your new template.
Delete
it or rename it.



"Mary" wrote in message
...
obtained template at an university for small business owners. Now
whenever I
try to use word, it uses the template format. I can't get rid of it.
Can
I
get a recovery Word software? I'm using Windows 2000 professional.
I
really
need to get this plan written soon.

H E L P