Hi Bob,
Thanks for your helpful reply. You're right--insert/paste pictures is
"in-line with text" by default, and if I change that things happen as you say
they will.
I've taken your suggestion to make alt-g toggle the grid lines. It would be
cooler if they would just go away when I leave the canvas (especially as I'm
doing some work with a tablet pc, and alt-g isn't quite as convenient to hit
as when you're using a keyboard), but turning them on and off with alt-g is
an improvement over working my way through the menus.
Thanks again,
Elbert
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
Hi Elbert,
If you're seeing the gridline display only in the Canvas
then it's a bit of a display 'illusion' 
that happens
usually only if you have the default Insert/paste format set as
'in line with text' in Tools=Options=Edit.
If you format a drawing canvas to be In front of text, for
example and toggle the Gridline display setting you'll generally
see the grids on the whole page right away (the drawing canvas
by default has 'No fill' color so you're seeing the gridline
through it. If you fill the canvas with a color or picture then
the gridlines are usually 'blanked out' by the fill.
To make it simpler to toggle the gridline display off and on
you can use Tools=Customize=[keyboard], select the 'view'
choice on the left, scroll down on the right to ViewGridlines
and then Assign a shortcut key, such as Alt+G that you can then use.
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"Elbert" wrote in message ...
PMFJI, but I have a similar problem. I insertpicturenew drawing (or ink
drawing and writing). Grid lines are helpful for making the drawing, so I
turn them on. They appear only in the drawing canvas, which is what I want.
As soon as I click outside the canvas, then the whole document is covered
with grid lines. I can go to the drawing toolbar and turn them off, but would
rather not have to.
Is there a way to get grid lines only when a drawing canvas is selected?
Thanks,
Elbert
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