FRAMES, those irritating FRAMES! How do you turn them off in 2010 Word?

Question

Everytime I start a new document, a frame appears around it.  The frame must be manually removed via a R. click action.

How do you turn off the irritating things.  And the "help" doesn't help!

Thanks in advance for the help.

J Man

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

That article really could use some updating for current versions. Unfortunately, it is at a website outside my control, and I've focused my updates on the articles at my own site. At any rate, the basic principles remain the same. One shortcut that can be very helpful in modifying the Normal template (as opposed to renaming it) is to use a little bit of VBA. To open the template for editing (to remove the frame, for example):

In Word, press Alt+F11; the Visual Basic Editor opens. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. In that window, type

     NormalTemplate.OpenAsDocument

and press Enter. Normal opens, but note that it may not be on top of all windows. You can close the Visual Basic Editor. Make the desired changes to the Normal file, and then save and close it. If the changes you have made have not been recognized as changes (the Undo button is not activated), press Spacebar, then Backspace to "dirty" the file, thus ensuring that the template will actually be saved.

Answer 3

Sorry Miss Suzanne, I see you wrote the original article.  Thank you for the resource, to eliminate an annoying issue.

Have a lovely day.

JMan2013

Answer 4

Doug,

Thanks, since I'm using a newer version, 2010, it still took a bit of "hunt and peck" to fix the template.  But your article definitely put me dead on the trail to resolution.

I'm often very ANNOYED by these seemingly "little" things that elude resolution.

Thanks for sharing.

JMan2013

Answer 5

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

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