Thanks. Vivienne.
>As I type in new text, the text turns into very small white boxes just as
>soon as it is selected. Tried clicking the x in the lower left corner in
>the color bar but nothing seems to help.
The 'x' would give the characters no fill. Hopefully you tried
primary-clicking the black color swatch?
Does this occur regardless of what font you're using? What version of
Windows are you running, and how many fonts do you have installed?
Jerry
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