* Try repairing Word 2010.Search the Help for ‘repair’ for instructions. * Take a look at your macros and see if there’s anything that contains the AutoOpen command that might be causing it * Something is screwed in the Registry (no, I have no idea what or how to find/fix it) * You have a macro that sets the File menu as the default opening tab (though I’m not sure how this would also explain it jumping back to ‘File’ after executing any other command) I’ve never seen a setting for this, so I suspect it’s something working behind the scenes.
and reverting to the File menu after running any command? That’s very strange. However, if you mean always showing the recent files list etc., that’s not normal in my experience. What do you mean by ‘in focus’? If you mean highlighted in blue, but with the Home tab active, that’s normal behaviour.