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RE: strange box appearing when I open a Word 2000 document
Subject:RE: strange box appearing when I open a Word 2000 document From:Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- pixelink -dot- com> To:'TECHWR-L' <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:52:48 -0500
Elizabeth OShea asked about this:
> I created a new document
> yesterday, and now
> whenever I open it there is a strange, empty dialog box that
> is displayed
> first. There's a blue bar across the top that says Microsoft
> Word, the grey
> area where you expect an instruction (but there isn't one), a
> white area to
> fill in, and a Cancel and an OK button. Clicking either
> button does the same
> thing - the document is subsequently displayed.
