Every time I try to create a new document, the same old document arises. I cannot seem to delete this, and it is making the entire program difficult to work with. Clearly I am doing something wrong, I just do not know what that something is.l
You can try resetting the normal.dot template:
(Someone might’ve accidentally saved a document as the default template)
You accidentally saved a document to the default template for blank documents, that’s why the old document appears each time you start a new document. The easiest way to correct this is to just delete the default template, which is called normal.dotm . Word will recreate a fresh copy of normal.dotm the next time you open it.
Directions here: