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Chapter 14 - Drawing Toolbar (Text Box)

Placing text inside of a text box helps focus the reader's eye on the page content.
Newsletters, reports, announcements, school projects, and other types of
publications often use Word's text box feature.

Textbox

A text box is an object that you can add to your Word document to emphasize or
set off your text.

Text Box – Word 2007

To Create a Text Box:
1. Click Insert on the Menu Bar.
2. Select Text Box from the menu list.
3. The mouse pointer becomes a crosshair.

4. Place your insertion point where you want your text box.
5. Click and drag the text box until it is the appropriate size. Release the
left mouse button when ready.
6. The text box will by default contain a white background colour, a thin
black border and text.

Text Box – Word XP

To Insert Text into a Text Box:
1. Click once inside the Text Box.

2. The box is selected, and a blinking insertion point appears inside the box.