From the FAQ:
28. My blank document has text in it - an old letter, etc. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm.

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Charles Kenyon
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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> office 2000 I saved a recipe and now that is what opens when I open a
> blank
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> or renaming them, I even unistalled the Word and looked for any files not
> uninstalled and delted them and its still there when I reinstall. HELP!!