Luc has given you the solution to your immediate problems. For some further
thoughts, see this article:

Word 2002: How to €œput it back the way it was€� [applies to Word 2003 as
well]
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Martin James Thornhill"
wrote in message ...

Guys

I'm trialling MS Word 2003, as a proposed replacement for MS Word 97.

I'm beginning to think that, as usual, Microsoft has created pointless
complexity that its own program gets wrong.

I am trying to insert a horizontal line in the header. In Word 97, it's
an
autoshape job: select line, drag from start to stop, job done. Word 2003
apparently requires the shape to appear in a drawing pane/frame, around
which
the wrapping properties apply. When the illogical & unnecessary frame is
re-sized, it does the usual Word special of disobeying the user, flipping
between several pages, re-appearing in a completely different header and
the
rest.

Does anybody have an ideas what I can do?

I had a bad feeling about this version of Word when I tried to create a
new
document. Instead of the easy-and-quick "which template" box, I get a new
document pane that requires the use of the mouse (not good for me, a
power-keyboard user).

I see no reason why Word 2003 must be so apparently different from its
predecessors. If I have to re-learn a basic tool, then perhaps I should
ditch MS completely and use OpenOffice.....!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......