In Word Doc Text gone but appears on print preview

[elgordo]

Have an 8 page word document of 198k but no text! header info appears as
usual. In print preview you can see all the text. Where has it gone and how
do I get it back?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What view are you in? Is the text in text boxes?

 

[elgordo]

Yes. The doc is an application form downloaded from a website with textboxes
to be filled out.

 

[elgordo]

Suzanne.....Thanks for the lead. I went to the original website and found
that the document sheets were blank. I went to <insert> <textbox> and voila!
everything appeared. It worked on my copy with the important data as well.
Thanks for your prompt. Gordon in OZ

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That's probably because you were in Normal view, in which objects in the
drawing layer (including text boxes) are not displayed. When you choose Text
Box from the Insert menu, Word switches to Print Layout view.