Let me give you a little background on my issue:

I routinely export .RTF files from another application which are then
converted upon opening in Word.  Whenever I open these files and I have

another word document opened, I receive the following notification:
"Word cannot save this file because it is open elsewhere. (C:Documents
and Settings\...\Normal.Dot)"  I then have to click OK to get to the
document.

I then copy and paste the info from this RTF into another word
document.  Then, when I close the RTF document I receive 4 errors,
which I have to click through: 1) The same error as I when I opened the

file, 2)A Save dialog for the Normal.Dot, which I have to click cancel;

I then have to click the close button again on the active window and
receive error #3, 3)"Changes have been made that affect the global
template, Normal. Do you want to save those changes?"(Yes, No, Cancel),

which I click No; Then it brings up the 4th error, 4) The same error as

when I originally opened the file.  When I finally click OK on the last

error it closes the document.

I routinely export numerous documents in this fashion, and as you can
tell, going through these prompts each time is a real time waster (even

though I have got the key strokes down pat).

Can some one please tell me a way in VBA to disable these errors when I

open an RTF file, so that when I click the close button I will not be
prompted with and errors, dialogues, or any other things.

I have searched extenstively through the existing threads and have not
found anything that works.

I am using Word 2003, if that helps.

Thanks in advance,

Carey