[David Crisp]

All,

Stupid issue really - When I first open WORD2007, my typing page has what
looks like grid lines, or graph paper all over it........it even prints that
way....!

Question is really, how can I get it to start up with the traditional
'blank' page.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In Word 2003 and earlier, you would display the Drawing toolbar, choose Draw
| Grid and clear the check box for "Display gridlines on screen." From the
Word 2007 Command Reference, your best bet looks like Drawing Tools | Format
| Arrange | Align | Grid Settings or perhaps Page Layout | Arrange | Align |
Grid Settings.

--
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.

"David Crisp" wrote in message
...
All,

Stupid issue really - When I first open WORD2007, my typing page has what
looks like grid lines, or graph paper all over it........it even prints
that
way....!

Question is really, how can I get it to start up with the traditional
'blank' page.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

....or in the View ribbon tab, click the Gridlines checkbox (in the Show/Hide
section of the ribbon).

Although... if your gridlines are also being printed, then it sound like
something else might be going on as well. The gridlines are guides, and are
not supposed to be printed.

It might be that you actually have some kind of background wallpaper or
pattern that's being used for your documents, and which has been set as your
default.

If turning off gridlines doesn't do the trick, try this:

In the Page Layout ribbon, Page Background section, click Page Color and set
it to No Color.

If this fixes it for you, and you're still getting gridlines when creating a
new document, then you'll need to edit Normal.dotm and turn the Page Color
setting off there.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
In Word 2003 and earlier, you would display the Drawing toolbar, choose
Draw
| Grid and clear the check box for "Display gridlines on screen." From the
Word 2007 Command Reference, your best bet looks like Drawing Tools |
Format
| Arrange | Align | Grid Settings or perhaps Page Layout | Arrange | Align
|
Grid Settings.

--
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.

"David Crisp" wrote in message
...
All,

Stupid issue really - When I first open WORD2007, my typing page has what
looks like grid lines, or graph paper all over it........it even prints
that
way....!

Question is really, how can I get it to start up with the traditional
'blank' page.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers

[David Crisp]

Than you and also thanks to Suzanne.

Most helpful and all working a treat now.


"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
...or in the View ribbon tab, click the Gridlines checkbox (in the
Show/Hide section of the ribbon).

Although... if your gridlines are also being printed, then it sound like
something else might be going on as well. The gridlines are guides, and
are not supposed to be printed.

It might be that you actually have some kind of background wallpaper or
pattern that's being used for your documents, and which has been set as
your default.

If turning off gridlines doesn't do the trick, try this:

In the Page Layout ribbon, Page Background section, click Page Color and
set it to No Color.

If this fixes it for you, and you're still getting gridlines when creating
a new document, then you'll need to edit Normal.dotm and turn the Page
Color setting off there.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
In Word 2003 and earlier, you would display the Drawing toolbar, choose
Draw
| Grid and clear the check box for "Display gridlines on screen." From
the
Word 2007 Command Reference, your best bet looks like Drawing Tools |
Format
| Arrange | Align | Grid Settings or perhaps Page Layout | Arrange |
Align |
Grid Settings.

--
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.

"David Crisp" wrote in message
...
All,

Stupid issue really - When I first open WORD2007, my typing page has
what
looks like grid lines, or graph paper all over it........it even prints
that
way....!

Question is really, how can I get it to start up with the traditional
'blank' page.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers