Drawing boxes - get rid of that other large box

[Diana]

I want to get rid of that irritating box that says ... create your drawing
here! everytime I try to draw something in Word. I thought there was a way
to disable it, but I can't remember how. I've never seen the benefit of
this feature. I find that I have less flexibility with my shapes with this
feature, so I do everything I can to get rid of it, but I'm not sure that
I'm successful.

Thanks in advance.
Diana

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Diana,

From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the General tab and
uncheck the "Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes"
box.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Diana]

Thank you Doug!!!
I knew I'd seen it somewhere and the word "canvas" figured prominently in my
memory but I just couldn't find it where I look. Thanks a bunch.
I've already removed it at home and will do the same at work!!!!
Diana

Hi Diana,

From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the General tab and
uncheck the "Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes"
box.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP