Word 2003 - invisible text

Gswiss · 05-20-2008, 09:22 AM

I'm running Word 2003 - sp2. When I display an old document, it appears as blank. When I use Print Preview, the full text is visible. It occurs with tables in the document or with pasted images. Is there a parameter which should be activated?

johnhook · 05-21-2008, 02:39 AM

Gswiss,

In the main Word screen, press CTRL-A to select all text, then click Format, Font and change the color to something other than the background color.

The other possibility is that the text is formatted as HIDDEN. You can change the view or options to show or print hidden text.

These are the two reasons you can't see text.

- John

Gswiss · 05-21-2008, 04:51 AM

I fixed it by ticking Drawing in Tools -> Options -> Display. Thank you for replying.

05-20-2008, 09:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gswiss Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 131 OS: W98SE + W2k + XP	Word 2003 - invisible text I'm running Word 2003 - sp2. When I display an old document, it appears as blank. When I use Print Preview, the full text is visible. It occurs with tables in the document or with pasted images. Is there a parameter which should be activated?

05-21-2008, 02:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnhook Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 810 OS: MS SBS 2003 SP2	Re: Word 2003 - invisible text Gswiss, In the main Word screen, press CTRL-A to select all text, then click Format, Font and change the color to something other than the background color. The other possibility is that the text is formatted as HIDDEN. You can change the view or options to show or print hidden text. These are the two reasons you can't see text. - John

05-21-2008, 04:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Gswiss Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 131 OS: W98SE + W2k + XP	Re: Word 2003 - invisible text I fixed it by ticking Drawing in Tools -> Options -> Display. Thank you for replying.