How do I keep Normal.dot from updating each time I exit Word?

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This is not normal for Word and is usually caused by a poorly written
add-in. The two most common culprits are the Office Plug-in in Norton
AntiVirus (which can be disabled without compromising your virus protection
provided you leave Auto-Protect enabled) and the Microsoft Works Suite
Add-in for Word. If you got Word as part of Works Suite but are running it
freestanding (not starting it from the Works Task Launcher), you will lose
nothing except a lot of hassles by uninstalling the add-in (through Windows
Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Also, the Omni Page Pro Office 14 addin does the same thing.
Normal.dot gets opened by, as I recall, a Document_Close event in Omni Page
Pro Office.
I put

NormalTemplate.Saved = True

in my AutoClose and AutoExit macros in the Normal template.
 
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