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Subject:Re: intrusive messages in Word XP From:"Martin Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:10:38 +0100
The "message" is in fact their new fangled "Drawing canvas" (which I haven't
had time to experiment with.)
To revert to your familiar environment:
Tool->Options->General, then switch off "Automatically insert drawing
canvases when inserting autoshapes"
M
,
"David Tillyer" <DATCC -at- CUNYVM -dot- CUNY -dot- EDU> wrote in message news:159805 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
> Perhaps this has been discussed here before; if so, my apologies.
>
> Has anyone been able to bypass the very intrusive and disruptive
> message that appears in Word XP when you try to insert a textbox
> or autoshape in a document? (The message takes over the entire
> screen and says something like INSERT YOUR TEXT ELEMENT HERE.)
>
> I hate to sound like an old grump, but inserting these elements
> has been so simple in the last few versions that I really resent
> this "improvement".
>
> David Tillyer
> The City College of New York
>
>
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