Unwanted Text Box "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> 10/21/2008 2:20:09 PM When I want to draw a simple line in a Word doc, all of a sudden a large box (text?) appears which contains the phrase "Create your drawing here." Where did this box come from and how do I get rid of it? All I want is a simple line. Thx Dave WinXP SP2 Office(Word) 2003

Re: Unwanted Text Box "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 10/21/2008 2:26:07 PM Dave wrote: [Quoted Text] > When I want to draw a simple line in a Word doc, all of a sudden a > large box (text?) appears which contains the phrase "Create your > drawing here." > Where did this box come from and how do I get rid of it? All I want > is a simple line. > > Thx > Dave > WinXP SP2 Office(Word) 2003 Go to Tools > Options > General and uncheck the box for "Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

Re: Unwanted Text Box "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 10/21/2008 2:28:43 PM This is the drawing canvas. You can turn it off from tools > options > general -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Dave wrote: [Quoted Text] > When I want to draw a simple line in a Word doc, all of a sudden a > large box (text?) appears which contains the phrase "Create your > drawing here." > Where did this box come from and how do I get rid of it? All I want > is a simple line. > > Thx > Dave > WinXP SP2 Office(Word) 2003

Re: Unwanted Text Box "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> 10/21/2008 3:10:11 PM Thank you all - that was it :-) Dave "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message news:%23KwxTl4MJHA.1308[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > This is the drawing canvas. You can turn it off from tools > options > > general > > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > > > Dave wrote: >> When I want to draw a simple line in a Word doc, all of a sudden a >> large box (text?) appears which contains the phrase "Create your >> drawing here." >> Where did this box come from and how do I get rid of it? All I want >> is a simple line. >> >> Thx >> Dave >> WinXP SP2 Office(Word) 2003 > >