Wednesday, October 08, 2008

The Drawing Canvas in Word

Here's something for those of you who are more advanced computer
users. If you attempt to put an autoshape/text box/photo onto a
Word document, then the drawing canvas might appear on your screen...


(to see a larger version of a photo, just click on it)

One of the advantages of using this feature, is that it stabilises
your autoshapes when it comes to printing out your Word document,
similar to using a text box.

Often I've found it to be a nuisance and have wondered how to
disable it. I've just read about how to do this in an old issue of
PC Answers magazine.

Click on Tools (on the top toolbar) > Options > General, and then
untick the box alongside "Automatically create drawing canvas when
inserting Autoshapes".



I know this is small print stuff, but I hope it will help a few of
you who have had similar problems,