if i rememebr correctly, the message is on a separate layer. simply delete that layer. if you cant see the layers palette, go to window>layers i believe.
i dont know if this is still an issue rmered, but i use collegiate for traditional numbers and i have the whole slew of that font, so if you want it, let me know (PM or something), becasue i forget where it was from. i did a search on it on yahoo, and i know it was free, but i dont remember where.