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Changed Alignment

Examples of Filled Colours

As with shapes, you can use the “line style” and “line colour” tools to change
the width and colour of the border of the box. (Remember to click on the border
of the box first to “activate” it.) In addition, you can “fill in” the center of the
textbox with background colours using the “fill colour” tool as done above.

Added Line Style and Line Colour

The Format Text Box Dialog Box

As mentioned earlier, the default for the text box in Word is a white background

with a thin black border with text in it. Using the Format Text Box dialog box,
you can choose different fill colours and lines, size, layout, and text box.

To Use the Format Text Box Dialog Box:

Double-click a text box border. The Format Text Box dialog box
appears.
OR
Right-click the text box border and select Format Text Box. The

Format Text Box dialog box appears.

To access the text box feature from the Drawing toolbar:
1. Click View on the Menu Bar.
2. Select Toolbar and then Drawing from the cascading menu. The Drawing

toolbar appears at the bottom of your document.

3. Click the Text Box Button .
4. The Format Text Box dialog box offers you several tabs to choose from:
Colour and Lines: To fill a text box with colour and define border
colours, styles, and weight
Size: To define a specific size