If it's on your screen, try a gentle cleaner and a soft cloth.
If it's in your blank Word document,
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
"spinndiva" wrote in message
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when opening word, there's a back slash (\) on screen, how can it
permanently
go away.