Microsoft Word, by default, generates an intrusive and oftentimes annoying “canvas” with the text “Create Your Drawing Here” upon the user creating an Auto-Shape. There is an easy way to get rid of this auto-canvas creation. Once in Word, go to Tools -> Options -> General Tab and unselect “Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting autoshapes.” Word will stop creating the offending canvases at once!

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