I work on WindowsXP, Office97.
Every time when opening a Word97 document I receive message
"do you want to revert to the saved file?"
What can be done to get rid of this? Please advise.
thanks

There are a number of different ways to solve this problem, all of which are covered here in this Microsoft Article. Method 1 is the easiest if you have the Word CDs. If not, then I'd recommend Method 4.

If you need any help in performing the steps listed on the page, don't hesitate to ask me.