At the Start | Run line, type "regedit" without the quotes and press Enter.
Navigate to the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew
(note, I' running Word 2003 so "Word.Document.8" might be a different number
value on your system). See what the data for the value "FileName" is given
as. On my system, I find "winword8.doc which is located in C:\Documents and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates where I believe it acts as the template when I
opt to create a new document in the manner you describe. Either you have a
pointer to the wrong template or the template in your templates folder has a
problem.

Steve


"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
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WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft Word
document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with the wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize and some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my Normal
style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template was
Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached template
and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my current Normal
style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that contains
my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature getting my
old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay