Re: First installation quirks

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I don't know. I have never seen the behaviour. I don't think it's a
preference.

The rule is that if you do not make any change to the default document, the
next file you open will replace it.

If you have made a change, even one space, to the default document, Word
keeps it in case you want to save it. Could "something" be changing the
document before you open another?

Try this:

1) Quit all Microsoft applications.

2) Track down all instances of pre-2008 Normal template on your computer,
and drag them to your desktop. The file is called simply "Normal" and has
no extension.

3) Find and drag the file Normal.dotm to your desktop.

4) If the following files exist, Remove or rename them:

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10)

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (11)

User/Library/Preferences/com.Microsoft.Word.plist

Whatever it is, that should clear it.

Sorry, I don't know...


On 16/02/08 6:12 PM, in article ee8da39.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"MuzikJunky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <MuzikJunky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, on the other machine on which I installed Office 2008, I removed 2004
through the installer, and the new-file-opening behavior is as it should be:
when you open a file after launching the app, the window with the blank
document disappears, and the document that you open replaces that first
window. I don't need an additional window to remain open when I work on the
document that I open. Which preference pane needs to be tweaked? Peace.

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