WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:09.860 --> 00:00:14.900 Sometimes you may want to place some text at a specific location on the page, and putting 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:20.750 the text into a text box gives you the freedom to easily move it wherever you want. 00:00:20.750 --> 00:00:25.970 To create a text box, go to the Insert tab and then Text Box. 00:00:25.970 --> 00:00:32.309 There are a number of built-in text boxes that have preset formatting, but you can also 00:00:32.309 --> 00:00:35.250 create a plain text box and format it yourself. 00:00:35.250 --> 00:00:43.410 Click Draw Text Box, and then in the document click and drag to create it. 00:00:43.410 --> 00:00:49.760 Now, you can type whatever you want, and you can format it just like you would with any 00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:54.680 other text. 00:00:54.680 --> 00:01:04.629 I'm going to change the font and the font size. 00:01:04.629 --> 00:01:08.841 I want the text to be in the middle of the text box, so I'll align it to center. 00:01:08.841 --> 00:01:15.950 I need it to be centered vertically as well, and before I do that I'm going to remove the 00:01:15.950 --> 00:01:20.640 paragraph spacing because that can actually throw off the alignment. 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:28.540 Now, go to the Format tab and Align Text, and then you can choose the alignment type 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:30.070 that you want. 00:01:30.070 --> 00:01:40.510 Because this is in a text box, we can move it around by just clicking the edge and dragging 00:01:40.510 --> 00:01:47.590 it wherever we want. 00:01:47.590 --> 00:01:54.380 Text boxes are really just a type of shape, so you can add Shape Styles to them. 00:01:54.380 --> 00:01:58.979 And if you go to the left of the Shape Styles, there is the Edit Shape command, and you can 00:01:58.979 --> 00:02:01.080 use this to change the shape. 00:02:01.080 --> 00:02:09.340 You may need to resize it again after you change the shape. 00:02:09.340 --> 00:02:21.101 Another great thing about text boxes is that they allow you to add effects to the text 00:02:21.101 --> 00:02:22.101 inside of them, and this is called WordArt. 00:02:22.101 --> 00:02:23.101 I'd like to add an effect to "Trivia Night." 00:02:23.101 --> 00:02:27.290 Even though this isn't in a text box right now, we can convert it into WordArt, which 00:02:27.290 --> 00:02:29.330 will put it into its own text box. 00:02:29.330 --> 00:02:38.480 Just go to the Insert tab and click WordArt, and then select a Quick Style. 00:02:38.480 --> 00:02:45.760 This caused a lot of other things to shift, and that's because these objects are trying 00:02:45.760 --> 00:02:48.090 to wrap around the WordArt. 00:02:48.090 --> 00:02:52.860 So we just need to change the Text Wrapping setting to In Front of Text. 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:59.760 Now that this is formatted as WordArt, it's inside its own text box, so it's that much 00:02:59.760 --> 00:03:02.090 easier to move everything around now. 00:03:02.090 --> 00:03:09.000 I'm just putting these roughly where I want them, and I'll fine-tune them later. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.519 Let's customize this WordArt a little more. 00:03:13.519 --> 00:03:21.150 Select the text box, and then in the Format tab you can change the colors and effects, 00:03:21.150 --> 00:03:24.770 and these commands are in the WordArt Styles group. 00:03:24.770 --> 00:03:34.970 I think I'll try a yellow fill and a purple outline. 00:03:34.970 --> 00:03:41.260 Then I'll change the outline weight. 00:03:41.260 --> 00:03:49.220 Finally, I'll choose a Text Effect. 00:03:49.220 --> 00:03:52.879 These are pretty much the same types of effects that you can add to shapes, but there's an 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:58.930 extra one called Transform, and this will actually change the shape of the text. 00:03:58.930 --> 00:04:01.909 I think I'll choose this one. 00:04:01.909 --> 00:04:09.849 Once you've added a Transform effect, the text will stretch to fit the text box even 00:04:09.849 --> 00:04:20.630 if you resize it. 00:04:20.630 --> 00:04:24.990 You probably don't want to use WordArt in a more serious document such as a resume, 00:04:24.990 --> 00:04:30.439 but if you're creating a fun, casual document like this flyer, it can really add a lot of 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:52.009 energy.