[Geoff]

When I open documents sent to me by email in Word 2003 they have a background
which appears like lined paper or squares. This makes reading the document
very difficult. If I create a new document from Word I do not get these
lines. Opening the same documents on other computers in Word 2003 does not
produce the lines. I have tried repairing Word and re-installing but this
has not helped. Does anyone know what has happened

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ordinarily I would think this was a grid issue. If it's possible to set grid
display by template, that might still be true. In the document, display the
Drawing toolbar, then select Draw | Grid and clear the check box (if
checked) for "Show gridlines on screen."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Geoff" wrote in message
...
When I open documents sent to me by email in Word 2003 they have a
background
which appears like lined paper or squares. This makes reading the
document
very difficult. If I create a new document from Word I do not get these
lines. Opening the same documents on other computers in Word 2003 does
not
produce the lines. I have tried repairing Word and re-installing but this
has not helped. Does anyone know what has happened

[Geoff]

Many thanks Suzanne, that solved the problem ! Geoff

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Ordinarily I would think this was a grid issue. If it's possible to set grid
display by template, that might still be true. In the document, display the
Drawing toolbar, then select Draw | Grid and clear the check box (if
checked) for "Show gridlines on screen."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Geoff" wrote in message
...
When I open documents sent to me by email in Word 2003 they have a
background
which appears like lined paper or squares. This makes reading the
document
very difficult. If I create a new document from Word I do not get these
lines. Opening the same documents on other computers in Word 2003 does
not
produce the lines. I have tried repairing Word and re-installing but this
has not helped. Does anyone know what has happened

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I confess I'm surprised, as I had thought this was an application-wide
setting.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Geoff" wrote in message
...
Many thanks Suzanne, that solved the problem ! Geoff

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Ordinarily I would think this was a grid issue. If it's possible to set
grid
display by template, that might still be true. In the document, display
the
Drawing toolbar, then select Draw | Grid and clear the check box (if
checked) for "Show gridlines on screen."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Geoff" wrote in message
...
When I open documents sent to me by email in Word 2003 they have a
background
which appears like lined paper or squares. This makes reading the
document
very difficult. If I create a new document from Word I do not get
these
lines. Opening the same documents on other computers in Word 2003
does
not
produce the lines. I have tried repairing Word and re-installing but
this
has not helped. Does anyone know what has happened