Microsoft word Glitch.. very annoying!?

whenever i open a new template, i don't get a fresh empty document. Instead a document i deleted a long time ago pops up.

is this glitch common and is there a solution?

i went as far as buying Office 2003 and installing it (deleting the old 2000 version) but no luck of fixing the glitch.

that document follows me around, and it's a mother's day letter to my mom (embarrassing). Can anyone help!?!

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First, open the template. Erase all the unwanted info on the page and click "save" (not "save as"). Shut down word and restart word. Open template and see if it's gone.

If not, go to my computer. Open the C: drive (or whatever your primary hd letter is), open Programs files folder, open Microsoft Office file. This might take a while, but look through the files for the template(I don't know exactly where it would be though, sorry). If you find it, delete it. I would save it to a different file first, just in case. But don't delete anything you are not totally sure of.

Lastly, uninstall Office through the add/delete option in the control panel. After you have uninstalled, open c: drive, program folder, and look for any Microsoft Office files. Delete any that you find (make sure you have backed up all your docs you need to keep - maybe even burn to disk). Even when you uninstall Word/Office, remnants stay on the hard drive. Restart computer and reinstall office.

Worst case, take to a pro and pull out your wallet.

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Word is haunted. Try removing it and reloading from disk.
Find the file Normal.dot in the Microsoft Word folder and delete it. That should solve your problem.