[Dave]

I was experimenting with columns. But now I have columns displayed I just
can't get rid of them. It seems to have become embedded in the normal
template as well and I seem to be stuck with it. How can I remove the
column guides in the document? The help file under "remove newsletter-style
columns" says "click columns and then drag to select a single column". Well
that's a big help, thanks Microsoft!

Dave

[Stefan Blom]

To turn off text columns in the current document: On the Format menu,
click Columns. Click the "One" option and then click OK. Save the
file.

To get rid of column formatting in normal.dot, open it as a document
(see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...lTemplate.htm),
and then repeat the steps above.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Dave" wrote in message
...
I was experimenting with columns. But now I have columns displayed
I just
can't get rid of them. It seems to have become embedded in the
normal
template as well and I seem to be stuck with it. How can I remove
the
column guides in the document? The help file under "remove
newsletter-style
columns" says "click columns and then drag to select a single
column". Well
that's a big help, thanks Microsoft!

Dave

[Dave]

Thanks, but I realise what I needed to do in fact was to switch off "text
boundaries" that was causing an annoying box round the page.

Dave

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
To turn off text columns in the current document: On the Format menu,
click Columns. Click the "One" option and then click OK. Save the
file.

To get rid of column formatting in normal.dot, open it as a document
(see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...lTemplate.htm),
and then repeat the steps above.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Dave" wrote in message
...
I was experimenting with columns. But now I have columns displayed
I just
can't get rid of them. It seems to have become embedded in the
normal
template as well and I seem to be stuck with it. How can I remove
the
column guides in the document? The help file under "remove
newsletter-style
columns" says "click columns and then drag to select a single
column". Well
that's a big help, thanks Microsoft!

Dave

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad you found a solution. Note, however, that text boundaries can
be useful at times, because they make it easier to see (say) text
boxes and frames without border lines.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, but I realise what I needed to do in fact was to switch off
"text
boundaries" that was causing an annoying box round the page.

Dave

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
To turn off text columns in the current document: On the Format
menu,
click Columns. Click the "One" option and then click OK. Save the
file.

To get rid of column formatting in normal.dot, open it as a
document
(see

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...lTemplate.htm),
and then repeat the steps above.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Dave" wrote in message
...
I was experimenting with columns. But now I have columns
displayed
I just
can't get rid of them. It seems to have become embedded in the
normal
template as well and I seem to be stuck with it. How can I
remove
the
column guides in the document? The help file under "remove
newsletter-style
columns" says "click columns and then drag to select a single
column". Well
that's a big help, thanks Microsoft!

Dave