In both Word 97 on my desktop and Word 2000 on my notebook, when I go to "File" and "New," all I get is a blank screen except for the toolbars, ruler, status bar, and scroll bars. It's labeled Document1. No screen that offers me a choice of templates. It used to, but not anymore, for some reason. How do I get that back? I presume I pull up a screen and tick a box somewhere, but I've checked everything I can think of (including a two-inch thick book I paid $35.00 for) and I can't find it. Anybody?

Back in prehistoric times when I was using Word 6 (DOS), I could set up a style sheet, click the name of the style sheet I wanted, click "Attach" and I was on my way. It seems to me that instead of making the more recent versions "transparent," they've managed to make them bloody opaque.

Don Firth