Textbox

[Guzeppi]

Need help with enclosing a text typed in Word 2016 in a textbox for easy shifting of the said text instead of shifting it line by line.
I open INSERT in the page carrying my text, then click on TEXT BOX and choose one of the pre-formatted boxes,
e.g. the SIMPLE BOX.
I am then told to drag the box to the document, but how?
If I drag the box, the typed text vanishes.
Am I missing a step somewhere?

Many thanks in advance to anybody who can assist me.

Joe

[Geek-9pm]

Try a visual tutorial. Use You Tube.
Google:
you tube office text box
and find videos like these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzVz8K3Fs6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJTYuWLC1Y
Does that help? 

[patio]

Why the box > >===??
Drag the mouse highlight over the text and copy/paste...

[Guzeppi]

Thks, have now managed to enclose my text in a textbook, but from what I gather the box has to be created before the text is typed out, otherwise the text will vanish.  Is there another way, I mean, if I type the text first and then decide to put it in a textbox, how is this done?
I would want to enclose the typed text in the box to be able to shift it as a whole, not line by line.

Renewed thanks.

Joe

[patio]

Use my method above to copy/paste the text if it's typed before the box is created...

Highlight text with mouse...CTRL C
Then create box...clik mouse cursor int box...
CTRL V pastes copied text into the box...

[Guzeppi]

Have been trying your method over and over again, but unfortunately without much success:  the first line of my text shifts (in other words, it is copied) where I place the cursor, but the rest of the text copies itself away from this line.  This is baffling. What am I doing wrong?
When I used a textbox in Windows 8.1, I could easily shift the whole text (not line by line) and could place the text- box  wherever I wanted.

Thanks again for your patience.

Joe

[soybean]

Try pasting to Notepad and then doing another copy & paste, from Notepad to Word.  Did that turn out any different? 

[Guzeppi]

First of all, my renewed thanks, but unfortunately my problem remains unsolved.

Going to WORDPAD and then to WORD, as you suggest, does reproduce the full original text,

BUT.....when I try to shift the text to another section of the page, this solution doesn't work.  I only get the first line of my text shifted to my preferred position, but the rest of  the text is reproduced  in the original position, which I do not want, of course.

Perhaps this is a Microsoft mystery?? or a Windows 10 peculiarity?

Kind regards.

Joe

[BC_Programmer]

I am then told to drag the box to the document, but how?

I think you misunderstand, you've already got the textbox on the page at that point. the Textbox by default contains the instructions "Grab your reader's attention with a great quote from the document or use this space to emphasize a key point. To place this text box anywhere on the page, just drag it".

If you want to move the textbox you have to drag the textbox, You do this by clicking and dragging on one of the edges. You can tell when you find the right place because it will change to a Small cursor with an arrow pointing in each direction. For the most part you're aiming at the border between the white squares, which are sizing handles. I think the problem is you are trying to drag the text.

Furthermore, the reason your text is disappearing when you choose to insert a textbox is because you have text selected. When you insert a textbox it is like inserting a letter; for example if you select text and then t ype the letter a, that entire block of selected text is replaced with "a", this is what is happening when you insert a textbox with that text selected.

If you want to move some text in your document to a textbox, try this. I've listed the steps I did to move a block of text into a textbox:

• Make sure no text is selected
• On the Insert Tab, choose "Text Box" and the style you want.
     The textbox is added to the  document, and no existing text is deleted.
• Select the text you want to move into the textbox, and use Cut.
• Click within the textbox you created, and paste the text you cut.