Text Boxes etc

[Edward O'Brien]

When inserting a Text Box, AutoShape, or even just a straight line, a large
square opens with the words "Create Your Drawing Here". Although not life
threatening, I find this quite useless and irritating. It has to be deleted
every time, and I have no idea what it is supposed to do. Does anyone know
how to stop it?

TIA

Ed

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ed,

It's the MS Office drawing canvas. In Word you can
change the default setting to have it not appear in
Tools=>Options=>General and still have it available
through Insert=>Picture=>New Drawing.

The drawing canvas lets you place multiple objects
together so that they can be worked on/moved, etc as
a set/single object.

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When inserting a Text Box, AutoShape, or even just a straight line, a large
square opens with the words "Create Your Drawing Here". Although not life
threatening, I find this quite useless and irritating. It has to be deleted
every time, and I have no idea what it is supposed to do. Does anyone know
how to stop it?

TIA

Ed >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Edward O'Brien]

Thanks, Bob.

That explains everything. Useful to know. I'm not the only one who hates it,
not knowing!!

Best wishes,

Ed