Recalcitrant Blank Text Fields

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Christo08!
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Recalcitrant Blank Text Fields

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Hello.

This is David E Campbell writing from Allentown, Pennsylvania USA on this 26th day of July 2021.

I have recently installed a copy of your Apache Office word processor and have found it to be excelent.

Except for one glitch which I hope you can help me with.

Somehow (I did not knowingly cause this), when I saved a document on which I am working the title page
inserted at the top of Page 1 a series of blank text fields which completely covers up the text behind the fields.
I have tried every way I know how to remove these blank text fields but without success.

I would be happy to scan and send to you my paper copy of Page 1, since I believe you need to see the problem
before you can make a recommendation on how to delete the text fields.

My e-mail address is:. If you can give me yours, I will send you a scanned Page 1 copy shortly.
Thank you very much. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

David
Last edited by FJCC on Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Recalcitrant Blank Text Fields

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Please post the document, or its first page, on the forum. To upload a document, click Post Reply and look for the Upload Attachment tab just below the box where you type a response. You can save a copy of the document, delete everything except the first page and upload that.
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If your question is answered, please go to your first post, select the Edit button, and add [Solved] to the beginning of the title.
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Re: Recalcitrant Blank Text Fields

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Possibly a manifestation of /Tools /Gallery? Try that setting (a toggle - same command for ON or OFF) and see if it turns off the intrusive display.
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