Word Page Layout

Hi Jay,
Firstly I'm using Windows XP
My Software is Office Enterprise 2007
For some reason it is happening on each and every document I open. On the
screen there is a blue dotted box line around any text I type which I now
think is a frame because when I right click on the blue dotted line it
appears that I can format this frame, if I remove frame I am then able to
access page layout, how can I stop this coming on each and every new document?
Regards,
Sylvia

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Hoping someone out there can help me.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 05:52:01 -0800, Sylvia <Sylvia DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Can anyone please tell my why my page layout options greyed out?
> >--
> >Hoping someone out there can help me.
>
> We'd need more information:
>
> - What version of Word are you using? And what version of Windows?
>
> - Does this happen only in one document or in all of them? How about in a new
> blank document?
>
> - What printer is selected as the default print? (Yes, that can make a
> difference.)
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>

See the article "Why is my "Blank Document" not blank?" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm


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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Sylvia" <Sylvia.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:001CA769-672D-4B52-A26C-D986C6774161@microsoft.com...
> Hi Jay,
> Firstly I'm using Windows XP
> My Software is Office Enterprise 2007
> For some reason it is happening on each and every document I open. On the
> screen there is a blue dotted box line around any text I type which I now
> think is a frame because when I right click on the blue dotted line it
> appears that I can format this frame, if I remove frame I am then able to
> access page layout, how can I stop this coming on each and every new
> document?
> Regards,
> Sylvia
>
> --
> Hoping someone out there can help me.
>
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 05:52:01 -0800, Sylvia
>> <Sylvia.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Can anyone please tell my why my page layout options greyed out?
>> >--
>> >Hoping someone out there can help me.
>>
>> We'd need more information:
>>
>> - What version of Word are you using? And what version of Windows?
>>
>> - Does this happen only in one document or in all of them? How about in a
>> new
>> blank document?
>>
>> - What printer is selected as the default print? (Yes, that can make a
>> difference.)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
>> so all may benefit.
>>

Sylvia,

Doug Robbins is correct, the solution is at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. I just want to add
a small modification and the reasoning behind this.

The modification is that you need to change the file "Normal.dotm" rather
than "Normal.dot". This is a difference between Word 2007 and previous
versions. You should be able to find and open that file with the Open dialog
(Ctrl+O) by clicking the Trusted Templates icon on the left side of the
dialog.

The frame is paragraph formatting, and it has accidentally become applied to
the empty paragraph mark in your Normal.dotm template. The fix is to remove
the formatting from that template.


Sylvia wrote:
> Hi Jay,
> Firstly I'm using Windows XP
> My Software is Office Enterprise 2007
> For some reason it is happening on each and every document I open.
> On the screen there is a blue dotted box line around any text I type
> which I now think is a frame because when I right click on the blue
> dotted line it appears that I can format this frame, if I remove
> frame I am then able to access page layout, how can I stop this
> coming on each and every new document? Regards,
> Sylvia
>
>
>> On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 05:52:01 -0800, Sylvia
>> <Sylvia RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone please tell my why my page layout options greyed out?
>>> --
>>> Hoping someone out there can help me.
>>
>> We'd need more information:
>>
>> - What version of Word are you using? And what version of Windows?
>>
>> - Does this happen only in one document or in all of them? How about
>> in a new
>> blank document?
>>
>> - What printer is selected as the default print? (Yes, that can make
>> a
>> difference.)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> newsgroup so all may benefit.

Just like to say thank you both for your help.
--
Hoping someone out there can help me.


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

> See the article "Why is my "Blank Document" not blank?" at:
>
> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>
> "Sylvia" <Sylvia.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:001CA769-672D-4B52-A26C-D986C6774161@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Jay,
> > Firstly I'm using Windows XP
> > My Software is Office Enterprise 2007
> > For some reason it is happening on each and every document I open. On the
> > screen there is a blue dotted box line around any text I type which I now
> > think is a frame because when I right click on the blue dotted line it
> > appears that I can format this frame, if I remove frame I am then able to
> > access page layout, how can I stop this coming on each and every new
> > document?
> > Regards,
> > Sylvia
> >
> > --
> > Hoping someone out there can help me.
> >
> >
> > "Jay Freedman" wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 05:52:01 -0800, Sylvia
> >> <Sylvia.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Can anyone please tell my why my page layout options greyed out?
> >> >--
> >> >Hoping someone out there can help me.
> >>
> >> We'd need more information:
> >>
> >> - What version of Word are you using? And what version of Windows?
> >>
> >> - Does this happen only in one document or in all of them? How about in a
> >> new
> >> blank document?
> >>
> >> - What printer is selected as the default print? (Yes, that can make a
> >> difference.)
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Jay Freedman
> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> >> so all may benefit.
> >>
>
>
>