Hi Jack,
It's been a while since I used Word 97, but I think if you just right
click on one of the lines you will bring up a menu.
One of the options will be Format Text Box (it might have been called
Text Box Properties in 97).
Select that and then select COlours and Line tab. You should see a
drop down list for colour. If you select that, one option is no line.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Mike
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