Hi. I am dabbling in creating a Word document from within an Excel macro. Using the following code, I have created a blank Word document:

Dim WordApp As Object
Set WordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
WordApp.Visible = True
WordApp.documents.Add
However, when I try to close Word, I get the following error message:

"This file is in use by another application or user. C:\..\..\Normal.dot"

And then prompts me to save a template file.

Why is it forcing me to do this? I haven't even done anything with the document yet.

If I cancel the save template prompt and try to close Word again, it says:

"Changes have been made that affect the global template, Normal. Do you want to save those changes"?

What does all this mean???? I'm not a Word expert I'm afraid!