BD>LK> Change the file type (bottom left of dialog box) to either
BD>LK> *.* or *.dot. 
BD>LK> Select Normal.Dot.
BD>What in the world would you want to do to Normal.dot that cannot be
BD>managed by the document organizer or word's automatic update to
BD>normal.dot?  I cannot think of anything.
Bob--
   Can you please explain your answer a bit more. When I tried to open a 
new document, then save it as normal dot, I get an error message that I 
cannot do that.
   Any additional comments would be appreciated.
Regards from ME!
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