background artifact

[freeheelfunhog]

Occassionally, when I download Word documents from the web, I will get
a gray grid as a background that only appears in the Page Layout view
(my default).

This grid looks amazingly like one I created for myself as a
background for a particular project a year or so ago. The grid only
appears on documents I download. It does not appear on any of my own
documents (new or otherwise).

I cannot get rid of the background using Format: Background (No Fill
or white)

I am using Word X for Mac Service Release 1

Two questions:

1. How can I get rid of this background, which appears to be an
artifact of something I created a long time ago?

2. If I cannot get rid of this background, if I edit one of these
documents and send it to someone else am I passing on the background
(or whatever this grid is)? I'm filling out a grant application so I'd
like to know it's clean.

Thanks

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

See what happens if you View | Header/Footer, and then try to select the
grid and delete it.

and what happens if you uncheck Table | Gridlines?

Is the Word doc you downloaded public, so that someone can test whether
it happens on machines other than yours?

 

[freeheelfunhog]

See what happens if you View | Header/Footer, and then try to select the
grid and delete it.

The grid does not appear in the header or footer and is not selectable
when viewing header/footer.

and what happens if you uncheck Table | Gridlines?

It was unchecked, but toggling on and off produced no change.

Is the Word doc you downloaded public, so that someone can test whether
it happens on machines other than yours?

I can test it on other machines in my house. No problem.

Thanks for the suggestions.

t.

 

[John McGhie [MVP Word, Word Mac]]

Word does have a Document Grid, which you can look up in the Help (I don't
have a copy of Mac Word here to look it up right now). It's a document
property, and I think you get to it through File>Properties.

If you temporarily delete all of the text and the grid does not go away,
that's what it is. If it goes away when you delete all the text, it's a
background shading

Cheers

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[CyberTaz]

If all else has failed - Turn on the Drawing toolbar while one of the docs
is open. Then click the Draw button, select Grid & see if there is s check
in the box for: Display gridlines on screen. I believe this is a
doc-specific setting, so you'll probably have to do the same for each one
that has it displayed... If this is the culprit


HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac