Try editing your normal.dot, turning off document map, save and close
normal.dot, close Word and reopen.
http://www.officearticles.com/word/about_normal_dot_in_microsoft_word.htm
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com
> Whenever I create a new document in Word (Office XP version) my documents
> automatically open in the "document map" view instead of the "normal
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> that I
> e-mail do the same thing. HELP