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How do I remove this gray "field box"(?) and brackets?
I was given a word document with a lot of paragraphs that are in this gray fieldbox. When I save the word document as pdf, the gray disappears but the brackets remain.
How can I turn this gray fieldbox/brackets off? This could be a glitch from adding/deleting comments but I'm not super sure. |
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I usually only see brackets like that when I'm working with bookmarks. But they are pretty easy to remove - so much so that other users have accidentally deleted them on me.
A search on the web found this - the suggestion that the file may have restriction on parts of the document to prevent them from being edited. That post is found in the Microsoft forum: Redirecting Presumably, if you go to the Review tab on the ribbon and toggle Restrict Editing, it might go away if that's the cause. Does Reveal Formatting (SHIFT + F1) show you anything? I just tested this on a bookmark, and though I could see the brackets, Reveal Formatting showed me nothing. If you go under File/Options/Advanced, roughly 2/5 of the way down the Advanced panel there is Show document control. If you have "Show bookmarks" ticked, and Field shading set to "Always" you might try to unselect/change those to see if the problem goes away. It could be a field or cross-reference (gray shading) inside a bookmark [brackets], but I'm thinking it has more to do with restriction. The weird thing for me is that it prints/converts to PDF with the brackets showing. None of my scenarios does that. |
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Found this a little belatedly:
Redirecting It does seem to do with protection in this case. But the answerer did say that usually those brackets shouldn't print, and they suggest some workarounds. |
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If you could attach a short Word file with these, someone here will be able to tell you exactly what they are. https://www.msofficeforums.com/173475-post3.html
If this is a field and not where your insertion point is, you have an option turned on to shade fields. Dealing with Fields in Microsoft Word If it is a Content Control that has not been filled in, this is placeholder text. |
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