Is the text in text boxes? That would certainly explain why you can't
see it in Normal view, which cannot display anything in the drawing
layer. For more, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/DrawLayer.htm
and http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/...leGraphics.htm

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"kevin" wrote in message
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Using office 2003 on winxp pro sp2 has anyone encountered this issue
whereby
word2003 can only view documents in "Print Layout mode" but when
change to
"Normal view" the documents becomes a blank page

Thanks in advance