New to MS Word and need some help please!

[chanla]

So I created a letterhead using my own clipart and such. The problem is I have that rectangle box around it, and when I first go to open the document my page is blank, and then when I start clicking on the page a bunch then my image shows up. I try writing additional text and what not and my original images keep appearing/disappearing everytime I click somewhere on the page. I am getting really frustrated. I am used to using Microsoft works, and just got a new cpu with ms word and having a hard time with this.
Thanks so much for anyones help and suggestions.