How do I type text in Word when the text line goes black?

[Les Q.]

Whenever I try to type text in a Word document, the entire line turns black
and I cannot see what I am typing. Then if I click a number of times on the
page, the text can be viewed until I try to type again.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303507 "Black bar appears across
the page when you type text in Word 2002".