Text Boxes in Word

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Text Boxes in Word

Text that's important -- text you want to be sure captures your readers' attention -- can be set off in a text box.  Word enables you to position them just about anywhere on a page, format them and their contents, and flow text around them.


TO INSERT A TEXT BOX

1. In an open Word document, choose Insert > Text Box.  A number of  things happen:

-- If the document was in any view other than Page Layout view, it switches to Page Layout view.

-- The Drawing toolbar appears with the Text Box tool selected.

-- The mouse pointer appears as a crosshairs pointer.

2. Use the crosshairs pointer to draw a box the approximate size and shape of the text box you want in the location you want it.

3. Release the mouse button. The text box appears with selection handles around it and a blinking insertion point within it .

4. Enter the text you want to appear in the text box.


WORKING WITH TEXT BOXES

To select a text box:

Click anywhere inside the text box. A thick hash-mark border and round white selection handles appear around the text box.

Tip: To select multiple text boxes at the same time, hold down Shift while clicking the border of each one. 


To delete a text box:

1. Select the text box you want to delete.

2. Press Backspace. The text box disappears.

Tip: To delete a text box without deleting its contents, first select and copy its contents to another part of the document or to another document.