Sorry Severin, I misunderstood your email ;-) TextEdit also opens with a blank page, it is how the programs are designed & is in compliance with Apple's OS X guidelines for software of its type.
There is a AppleScript here that open’s Word 2008 for Mac and then closes the automatically spawned blank document. To stop a blank document on opening Word 2008 <http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/itdojo/tr-dojo-challenge-how-do-you-open-word-2008-for-mac-without-opening-a-blank-document/1518> Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 12/02/2012, at 10:44 PM, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Ronni, but that is not quite what I mean. More often than not I > either want to open an existing document or one of my own templates. It is > only a little thing but I find it annoying to always have a blank "Normal", > even if it is my own doctored one, open each time to be immediately closed. > > Severin > > On 12/02/2012, at 5:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Severin, >> >> The default template (Normal.dot), based on new documents that contain >> unwanted content. Delete the default template (Normal.dot), so that Word >> automatically creates a new default template (Normal.dot "can create new). >> >> 1.Quit Word. >> >> 2. In the Finder: / Users / username / Library / Application Support / >> Microsoft / Office / User Templates, and then drag the file "Normal.dot" in >> the trash. >> >> 3.When you open Word the next time it starts a new default template >> (Normal.dot ") is created. In this new template-based documents are blank. >> >> Note The term used in new documents based on the format defined in a >> template settings. >> If you use any other template, the settings for new documents are based on >> the Normal.dot >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 12/02/2012, at 5:22 PM, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there a setting in Word 2008 that inhibits opening a blank page when >>> Word opens? I can not find it anywhere. Maybe it does not exist. >>> Severin Crisp >>> ________________________________________________________ >>> Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP >>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. >>> Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >>> email mailto:[email protected] >>> ________________________________________________________ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
