I'm running Word 2003 - sp2. When I display an old document, it appears as blank. When I use Print Preview, the full text is visible. It occurs with tables in the document or with pasted images. Is there a parameter which should be activated?

you might try editing the paper by either ignoring forground or switching to background in the tools section of word!

I fixed it by ticking Drawing in Tools -> Options -> Display. Thank you for replying.