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Delete template background from document when "text from file" is used - already been to design tab

Anonymous
2020-04-20T11:30:22+00:00

Hi,

I added "text from file" to the appendix of a report, and the background picture to the agendas has come with it. I'm trying to delete the background, but it doesn't show up in design -> watermark, pagecolor or page Borders (see pics). 

I even tried adding a new background pic and the unwanted pic showed up in front of the "new" background. 

I also tried re-applying the original template and that didn't work either. 

This is from the microsoft Agenda template called Blue Curve Meeting Agenda. There are many issues with this picture (doesn't show in 365, doesn't print watermarked...) that I wish I never used it. But this is the most irritating. 

Please help, quickly. Obviously, the paper's nearly due since I'm adding appendices. 

Is there a shift F9 solution? Do I have to write a macro? Tell me, please! HEEEEELLLLP!!!

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  1. Stefan Blom 324.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-04-20T12:04:45+00:00

    Double-click the header area to activate the header/footer view. Then you can select and delete any graphic (which is anchored to the header).

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-20T11:40:19+00:00

    I just saw that there are a bunch of greyed out.... things in the page. I need to get to those and remove them, I think. How do I do that? 

    Remember, if this is locked by Microsoft, I just need to remove, not edit them. I can't figure out how to access them using the developer panel either.

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