[Dave]

When I want to draw a simple line in a Word doc, all of a sudden a large box
(text?) appears which contains the phrase "Create your drawing here."

Where did this box come from and how do I get rid of it? All I want is a
simple line.

Thx
Dave
WinXP SP2 Office(Word) 2003

[Jay Freedman]

Dave wrote:
When I want to draw a simple line in a Word doc, all of a sudden a
large box (text?) appears which contains the phrase "Create your
drawing here."
Where did this box come from and how do I get rid of it? All I want
is a simple line.

Thx
Dave
WinXP SP2 Office(Word) 2003

Go to Tools Options General and uncheck the box for "Automatically
create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes".

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[Graham Mayor]

This is the drawing canvas. You can turn it off from tools options
general

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Dave wrote:
When I want to draw a simple line in a Word doc, all of a sudden a
large box (text?) appears which contains the phrase "Create your
drawing here."
Where did this box come from and how do I get rid of it? All I want
is a simple line.

Thx
Dave
WinXP SP2 Office(Word) 2003

[Dave]

Thank you all - that was it :-)
Dave


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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This is the drawing canvas. You can turn it off from tools options
general

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Dave wrote:
When I want to draw a simple line in a Word doc, all of a sudden a
large box (text?) appears which contains the phrase "Create your
drawing here."
Where did this box come from and how do I get rid of it? All I want
is a simple line.

Thx
Dave
WinXP SP2 Office(Word) 2003