Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated March 6, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
In other issues of WordTips you learned how to insert a graphic in a return address for creating envelopes or for creating labels. It seems that learning how to remove those special return addresses has resulted in the subject for another tip—this tip.
How you go about removing a return address that contains a graphic depends exactly on how it was created in the first place. There are a couple of things to try, each of which may result in the offending graphic being removed. The first method is to simply try to delete the return address. You do this by following these steps:
Figure 1. The Envelopes tab of the Envelopes and Labels dialog box.
If you simply want to remove the return address temporarily, you could click on the Omit check box in step 3. The contents of the return address are retained, but it should not print.
If this doesn't work, take a look in the Word options for the return address stored there. You can get to it and get rid of it by following these steps:
Figure 2. The General section of the Word Options dialog box.
Finally, there is one other place to look if you still cannot get rid of the return address. Word allows you to define special building blocks that print as part of your return address. These entries normally have the names EnvelopeExtra1 and EnvelopeExtra2. To get rid of them, follow these steps:
For more information on the special EnvelopeExtra1 AutoText entry, see this page:
https://www.gmayor.com/Alternative_Return_Addresses.htm
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