Normal.dot (word 2003) startup problem

[Deborah Hemstreet <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com>]

Hi All,

I'm hoping one of you has some wise advice. I am suddenly having trouble 
working with my Word 2003 installation.

The only work around I've been able to find is to delete normal.dot 
EVERY TIME before starting word.

I used to be able to have a custom template in the Word Startup 
directory, can't get those to work at all and had to remove them.

When I start Word, if I do not delete Normal.dot, Word wants to start up 
in safe mode. If I delete normal.dot, I can work OK, just open docs 
based on my template (to get access to my macros etc)., and all works 
fine until next time I try to open Word 2003.

Has anyone ever experienced this behavior? I also had to change my 
default printer to Adobe PDF. I'm using a shared MAC printer via Bonjour 
- and Word would not start at all even with deleting the normal.doc when 
I had the Mac printer as the default one. So I'm having to make a PDF 
and then print the PDF (which is not a problem, just a hassle).

If anyone has any ideas/suggestions, greatly appreciated. I'm currently 
overseas, so there may be a delay in getting your answers.

Thanks in advance!

Deborah
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