delete frames from Word 2007 doc w/o upsetting formatting—can it be done?

Chris deMaagd · 09-14-2009, 01:42 PM

Hello,

I'm editing a document in Word 2007 that appears to have been set up for eventual transition to Framemaker: there are a thousand little blue frames in it, each a naggingly cool serated blue line.

If I delete a line, in one of these frames, it doesn't pull up the remaining line.

If I insert a line, it doesn't just move the text forward as it would if the frame weren't there; it moves it in apparently arbitrary chunks.

When I try to delete one of these frames, it completely f***s up the placing of the text (and the formatting: bulleted lists, headers, footers—all go awry).

Is there any way to delete the frames/framing in one fell swoop, rather than frame by frame (thereby necessitating an endless chore of moving the data), w/o completely wrecking the doc as it's formatted?

Please help me if you can and soon! THANKS!

CEdM

mullivar · 09-14-2009, 04:04 PM

Can you give us a screen shot of the problem?

Chris deMaagd · 09-15-2009, 01:31 PM

mullivar,

Unfortunately, I can't provide a screen shot. The photo-editor thingy on my computer is on the fritz.

All you have to do to make the "frame" show up, though, is--well, is to click anywhere in the text; the "frame" for that particular section shows up automatically.

As I said before, I'm pretty certain that this is an indicator that this doc has been set-up for eventual transition to FrameMaker. I'm thinking that there's an option for that somewhere in Word--somewhere one goes to establish the frames. I just want to unestablish them.

CEdM

09-14-2009, 01:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chris deMaagd Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows Vista	delete frames from Word 2007 doc w/o upsetting formatting—can it be done? Hello, I'm editing a document in Word 2007 that appears to have been set up for eventual transition to Framemaker: there are a thousand little blue frames in it, each a naggingly cool serated blue line. If I delete a line, in one of these frames, it doesn't pull up the remaining line. If I insert a line, it doesn't just move the text forward as it would if the frame weren't there; it moves it in apparently arbitrary chunks. When I try to delete one of these frames, it completely f***s up the placing of the text (and the formatting: bulleted lists, headers, footers—all go awry). Is there any way to delete the frames/framing in one fell swoop, rather than frame by frame (thereby necessitating an endless chore of moving the data), w/o completely wrecking the doc as it's formatted? Please help me if you can and soon! THANKS! CEdM

09-14-2009, 04:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
mullivar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 81 OS: xp	Re: delete frames from Word 2007 doc w/o upsetting formatting—can it be done? Can you give us a screen shot of the problem?

09-15-2009, 01:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chris deMaagd Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows Vista	Re: delete frames from Word 2007 doc w/o upsetting formatting—can it be done? mullivar, Unfortunately, I can't provide a screen shot. The photo-editor thingy on my computer is on the fritz. All you have to do to make the "frame" show up, though, is--well, is to click anywhere in the text; the "frame" for that particular section shows up automatically. As I said before, I'm pretty certain that this is an indicator that this doc has been set-up for eventual transition to FrameMaker. I'm thinking that there's an option for that somewhere in Word--somewhere one goes to establish the frames. I just want to unestablish them. CEdM