Adding Text Boxes to Word Documents

These are useful for explanatory notes, to emphasize key points, etc. Text boxes are placed directly on the document. Think of text boxes as an electronic version of a post-it note.

• choose InsertText Box
• the mouse pointer will change to a plus or cross
• “draw” the text box approximately where you would like it placed in the document
• type your comments in the text box frame
• double-click on the edge of the text box frame to open the Format Text Box dialog box
• format the text box (text alignment, text wrap options, fill color, etc.) as you desire
  • the option in this dialog box as the same as the Format Picture and Format WordArt dialog boxes described elsewhere
• you can reposition the text box by “dragging”

the Text Box frame

the Format Text Box dialog box Colors and Lines tab selected

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