If you have no special configurations, such as toolbar buttons and other
setting changes, then you simply delete the normal.dot file that should be
in your office directory. Word will create a new, clean copy if one is
missing.

If there are configurations that you wish to preserve, start a new document
which now has your letter. Press control-A to select everything, and press
the delete key. Now you have a blank document. Save it as normal.dot and you
should be set.

As in my reply to Sharon, you may want to keep a backup of your normal.dot
file if you have any customization of your settings.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> 2nd request
> Nothing suggested last time has worked.
> How do I restore a blank NORMAL in Microsoft Word. I somehow
> replaced it
> with a short letter I wrote one day and I cannot get it back. I use
> Microsoft Office 2000. Thanks for all the information you share.
> Laurel Schmalz   [log in to unmask]

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