Normal.dot opens when I launch Word

[fishey]

I've noticed that whenever I exit Word XP now, Normal.dot (which appears to be open in the "background&quot appears for a split second just before Word closes. I was editing a template yesterday and thought that might have caused it. However, when I remove the edited template from my Startup folder, Normal.dot continues to open when I launch Word.

Maybe this is the way Word always launches, but I've never noticed it before. I've also tried launching and exiting Word on some of my co-workers' workstations, and I do not see the Normal.dot file close just before Word closes.

Can anyone tell me what I can do to make this stop happening?

 

[ETID]

Maybe there is a macro that got saved to normal.dot

normal.dot is the default word template, try renaming normal.dot,...word should then build you a new clean one.

if this causes problems then rename it back to normal.dot