Removing drawing canvas when opening text box in Word 2003

A

aweigand

Upon opening a Text Box from the icon on the toolbar, I get an associated
drawing canvas. This did not occur in previous versions of Word I have used.
Is there a way to prevent the drawing canvas to open when I'm attempting to
insert a text box? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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J

Jay Freedman

In Tools > Options > General, uncheck "Automatically create drawing canvas
when inserting AutoShapes". (As far as Word is concerned, a text box is a
type of AutoShape.)

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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