I have some important information that I
want to place emphasis on and have the
ability to move the text around on the
page I could just change the style of my
fonts but I would rather place the
information in a separate area to do
this I can insert a text box start by
clicking on the insert tab located on
the ribbon then click on text box Word
2007 gives us built-in choices that are
different sizes shapes and colors or we
can draw our own the built-in choices
are really nice but I already have an
idea of what I want to see so I'll draw
my own box this time when you click on
draw text box a little crosshair appears
if you hold down and drag your left
mouse button you can draw your text box
when you release the mouse you will
notice that a new tab appears on your
ribbon this is the format tab Wow there
are so many options to choose from we
can choose which direction the text
should lead the style of the text box
shadow effects 3d effects and more let's
change the style of the text box while
on the format tab I can click on the
more arrow located on the text box
Styles menu by scrolling over the
gallery of options live preview allows
me to view how my text box will look
when different styles are applied when
you decide which option is best for you
left click it if I don't like the fill
color or the line color I can use my
shape fill and shape outline options to
make changes let's change the outline to
purple text boxes don't have to be
rectangles and squares I can also change
the shape of my text box to change the
shape go back to the format tab click on
change shape and a gallery of option
disappear then all I have to do is
select my choice by left clicking on the
new shape hmm
that's interesting but it won't work for
my event I'll undo my changes by
clicking on the undo command on the
quick access toolbar and stick with the
rectangle one of the wonderful benefits
to creating a text box is the ability to
move it anywhere you desire I can move
the text box by clicking on the edge of
the box and holding down the left mouse
button then dragging the box to my
desired location now I need to actually
insert my text to do this just click
inside the text box and start typing I'm
going to cheat for a moment and paste
the rest of my text
it looks like I need to edit the text
inside of my text box I would like to
make the font size all the same and
underline guest all I need to do is go
to the Home tab select all of my text
and decide on a font size I can do that
by going to the font size command I
think that 14 will work all right now I
just need to underline guest and I can
go to my underline command word 2007
edit plenty of really nice formatting
options that make you forget you're
creating a box to place text in take a
moment to explore and create text boxes
like never before