Most likely you've saved a document as Normal.dot. Try regenerating
Normal.dot and see what happens (see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm for tips).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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> When I turned on my computer this morning, I found that
> all my auto text entries havd disappeared. Is there any
> way to restore them without having to enter them again?