This problem is almost always caused by a corrupted Normal.dot template file
do a Search for all such files, and rename ALL found to Normal.JNK - reboot,
and try opening Word again.

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> I've suddenly been having this problem: when I try to open the Windows
> Word
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> fix
> this? Thanks for your time!
evie5 - 24 Jul 2006 08:17 GMT
Wow!! Worked like a charm. Thank you so much! Was there any particular reason
why this happened? Would like to prevent it from happening again. Thanks
again!!
> This problem is almost always caused by a corrupted Normal.dot template file
> do a Search for all such files, and rename ALL found to Normal.JNK - reboot,
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> > fix
> > this? Thanks for your time!
Noel Paton - 24 Jul 2006 09:38 GMT
Sometimes it's caused by a bad shutdown of Word - sometimes it just seems to
'happen'!. I know of no real defined cause.
Glad it worked for you, and thanks for the feedback - Good Luck!

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> Wow!! Worked like a charm. Thank you so much! Was there any particular
> reason
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>> > fix
>> > this? Thanks for your time!