Word 2003 Can't draw?

[sawedoff]

Help! When I try to draw lines in Word 2003 (Win XP) It does nothing. Lines, Autoshapes, rectangles, etc., nothing works. If I try it enough times, I get "TOO MANY EDITS - SAVE YOUR WORK".

Anyone have an answer? I have looked for settings in the Tools, but to no avail yet.

Thanks.

Sawedoff

 

[PGoRule]

The Word 2003 automatically inserts Drawing Canvas when you select to draw anything in the document.

Try by eliminating the canvas and drawing objects directly in document.
Tools->Options...General tab
Uncheck the option 'Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes'

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--Prashant--

 

[sawedoff]

Already had the canvas disabled, but I don't get any drawing at all. It just blings and does nothing. No lines, no rectangles, no autoshapes - nothing from the drawing toolbar seems to work except the Word art. If I try too many times (4 or 5) it gives me the error or turns my cursor into what looks like a mini scroll bar any time I pass over the toolbars or menu.

Sawedoff

 

[kjv1611]

Have you checked to make sure that the color for the shape/font whatever is not set to the same color as your background? It sounds to me like possibly this is the cause. Try changing some colors - if nothing else, change the background color, so you can verify that way.

Format Menu ->
Background ->
Choose a color.

 

[sawedoff]

I had already thought of that, but it wasn't even drawing the object at all. Either with or without the cnavas. Thus, there was not even an indication of a selected object. And like I said, it would lock up completely and change my cursor after about 3 tries. I uninstalled Office, reinstalled, and it still didn't work. Finally started uninstalling other software, and finally got it. Who'd a' thunk it - a pdf converter was burning me.

Thanks to all who tried to help.

Sawedoff

 

[kjv1611]

Wow, that's weird. What pdf converter program was causing the problem?

 

[sawedoff]

I would rather not say, since it was a really good product, and I intend to retest the product to make sure that was the culprit, and I don't want to give them bad press prior to my confirmation. It was not Adobe, nor was it a freebie.

Sawedoff

 

[kjv1611]

Ok. Well, maybe if you confirm it was that product - it would be good to know of the possible conflict.

Also, if you verify it is with just that product and Word, you could do a web search to see if there are any known "fixes" for using the 2 programs together.

 

[fumei]

sawedoff, please follow up on this post if possible, when you get confirmation of whatever is happening.

Gerry
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