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Introduction

By the end of the lesson, you should be able to Create a text box & Move and resize a text box.

Creating a Text Box

  • Placing text inside of a text box helps focus the reader's eye on the page content. Newsletters, flyers, reports, announcements, school projects, and other types of publications often use Word's text box feature.
  • Text boxes can be formatted with shadings, color, borders, and graphics, making for an impressive display of your Word skills.
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To Create a Text Box:

  • Click Insert on the menu bar.
  • Select Text Box from the menu list.
  • The mouse pointer becomes a crosshair Text Boxes | How to become an Expert of MS Word - Class 6.
  • Place your insertion point where you want your text box.
  • Left-click and drag the text box until it is the appropriate size. Release the left mouse button when ready.
  • The text box will by default contain a white background color and a thin black border.Text Boxes | How to become an Expert of MS Word - Class 6

To Insert Text into a Text Box:

  • Click once inside the text box.
  • The box is selected, and a blinking insertion point appears inside the box.
  • Begin typing.
  • Format text—change the font, font size, style, etc.—in the usual manner. Remember to select text first.

Moving & Resizing Text Boxes- To Resize a Text Box

  • Click once on one of the box's borders. The box is now highlighted.
    Text Boxes | How to become an Expert of MS Word - Class 6
  • Sizing handles (small circles) appear. Hover the mouse pointer over any of the sizing handles until it turns into a diagonally pointing arrow.
    Text Boxes | How to become an Expert of MS Word - Class 6
  • Click and drag the sizing handle until the box is the desired size.

To Move a Text Box:

  • Click once on the text box's border.
  • Hover your mouse pointer over the border until it becomes a crosshair with arrows.
  • Using this crosshair, click and drag the box until it is in the desired location.
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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. Using the Format Text Box dialog box, you can choose different fill colors and lines, size, layout, and text box.


Text Boxes | How to become an Expert of MS Word - Class 6

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.
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To Access The Text Box Feature from The Drawing Toolbar:

  • Click View on the menu bar.
  • Select Toolbar and then Drawing from the cascading menu. The Drawing toolbar appears at the bottom of your document.
  • Click the text box button Text Boxes | How to become an Expert of MS Word - Class 6. Don't confuse this button with the rectangle button. You cannot insert text using the rectangle button.Text Boxes | How to become an Expert of MS Word - Class 6
  • The Format Text Box dialog box offers you several tabs to choose from:
    • Color and Lines: To fill a text box with color and define border colors, styles, and weight
    • Size: To define a specific size
    • Layout: To use text wrapping and alignment
    • Text Box: To set internal margins
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