-=> On 01-04-97  11:46, Bob Davis <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Open Error in Word. <=-
 DS>   I have recently started using Microsoft Office, including
 DS> Microsoft   Word 6.0 for windows.    Everytime I open it up
 DS> I get an error   message.   First it asks me what I want to
 DS> convert from, then it tells   me that the document template
 DS> is not valid.   Once I hit ok (or so   what) to those two
 DS> messages, everything works fine.
 BD> I'm guessing, but it sounds like you have the original Word 6.0
 BD> release. It  was pretty buggy.  To confirm, pick the menu Help>about
 BD> and  check the version number.  Later versions are 6.0a and 
 BD> 6.0c.  6.0a is a downloadable patch and fixes the major 
 BD> bugs.  6.0c is a complete replacement which requires 
 BD> obtaining a set of diskettes from Microsoft. The shipping 
 BD> charge for the diskettes is about $5.00.
 I checked, I have version 6.0a.
 Would it matter that I have changed the location where my edit files
 are kept?  I wanted a separate directory away from all of the program
 files.
 Something is telling it to open a document on startup.  I just cannot
 figure out what is doing that, and correcting what it is asking for.
                             dale@mbbs.com
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