For some reason gray tablet-like lines are appearing whenever I open a new
Word document. You can't see them in Print Preview though. How do I get rid
of them.

See:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

"yangale" wrote:

For some reason gray tablet-like lines are appearing whenever I open a new
Word document. You can't see them in Print Preview though. How do I get rid
of them.

yangale wrote:
For some reason gray tablet-like lines are appearing whenever I open
a new Word document. You can't see them in Print Preview though. How
do I get rid of them.

Display the Drawing toolbar. Click the Draw button at the left end and
select Grid. In the dialog that appears, uncheck "Display gridlines on
screen".

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org