Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 05-08-2012, 10:27 AM
EuroOffice EuroOffice is offline Removing small blue-dotted text box Windows 7 64bit Removing small blue-dotted text box Office 2010 64bit
Novice
Removing small blue-dotted text box
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Europe
Posts: 1
EuroOffice is on a distinguished road
Default Removing small blue-dotted text box

Hello, first time here.

I seldom use Word. I'm a published writer and author and find that the simple Windows text writer is just so straight forward and gets the job done.
Using Word seems so burdensome as all I want to do is sit and write and write; I don't need all the bells and whistles.
But my publisher(s) are forcing me into this now and I honestly have no idea what I'm doing half the time.

I find myself here because my son believes that it's better to drive strangers mad rather than tying up his phone at all hours... perhaps I shall soon become a nuisance on here.




Hopefully this is a simple question and the solution will be found faster than the task of registering.

Question:
When I open a new document. There is a small blue-dotted text box that appears each time.
I can only enter text within and the dotted box expands with more content.

Others don't seem to have this problem (so this must be my sin).

(If I click on the box a large heavy border appears and I can expand the box using the corner or side squares)

How do I rid/remove my new Word documents from opening with this "text box" again? How is this done?
Be gentle - I'm a novice at this.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 05-08-2012, 05:43 PM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline Removing small blue-dotted text box Windows 7 64bit Removing small blue-dotted text box Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

Hi EuroOffice,

It sounds as if you may have managed to get a content control added to Word's 'Normal' template. The simplest way to fix that is to close Word and delete or rename the template. Word will create a new one next time it starts.

You should be able to find the Normal template by pasting the following into Windows Explorer's address bar:
C:\Users\%Username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Removing small blue-dotted text box Word Search Using Color Name like Red/blue Madhu Gattu Word 3 12-18-2019 11:56 PM
Word-Help with removing unwanted spaces in text greshoff Word 9 12-30-2011 03:24 PM
Removing small blue-dotted text box Word Marco Help - removing tagged text mruetz Word 5 12-13-2011 07:53 AM
Removing small blue-dotted text box Dotted Lines in word rolla1 Word 1 12-22-2009 05:25 AM
Removing small blue-dotted text box How to deactivate small images of text Robert E Drawing and Graphics 9 12-16-2009 04:01 PM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:20 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft