Starting with a blank (new) page

I am just getting started with publisher 2002. If I want to start with a
blank page, I see thin dotted lines framing the writing area of the page,
one blue and one red.
1-What are they,
2-What is their function, and
3-Do I need them?

Thanx in advance.
Dave R...

"davidrafky" <davidrafky RemoveThis @bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>I am just getting started with publisher 2002. If I want to start with a
>blank page, I see thin dotted lines framing the writing area of the page,
>one blue and one red.
> 1-What are they,
> 2-What is their function, and
> 3-Do I need them?
>
> Thanx in advance.
> Dave R...

Those are the guidelines.
in VIEW you can uncheck them and they should go away.
You only need them if you want to line things up, set margines, and such.
I'm not sure which is what (I think the blue ones are margins) I don't
pay much attention to them and usually uncheck them in VIEW at the end, to
see what it looks like without them.
I also tend to run pictures over the sides of the paper (to get what I
want in the picture in a certain place- if that makes sense) but only the
white part (blank page) prints. Print Preview shows what that is.
I didn't think there was a Publisher 2002 I had 07 and then went to 2003.
I think 2003 has the tutorials on the top, in HELP.
They explain a lot of the basics.