Volunteering to "pay forward" to return help I've received in the Microsoft user community. This example adds a text box that contains the text 'Test Box' to myDocument. Most experienced Word users mean the shape when they talk about textīoxes. If that is what is being discussed, it is important to specify. The other uses include a text formfield or content control or a text box control in a UserForm. Next, specify the border index from the contants avaiable. After that, type a dot (.) and then select the Borders property from the list of properties and methods. The above is about the introduction of a shape that contains text. First, you need to specify the range or the cell where you wish to apply the border using the range object. "Text box" as a term is used in other ways in Word. You can also create a keyboard shortcut for one and can use the F3 key together with the name to insert one, just as with other building blocks.Īutomated Boilerplate Using Microsoft Word You would save in the Text Box gallery to have it show up as a text box when you use Insert > Text Box.Īdding your text box to the building blocks gallery also allows you to add default text. (Both names and categories are displayed in alphabetical order.) Setting a text box as default does not change what shows up in the list. The new text box appears in the middle of the text, and the Shape Format tab is automatically selected. In the Text group, select Text Box, then choose a text box template. I can assign a name and category so that a particular one shows up at the top of the list. Start by opening the document you want to add a text box to. You can choose from a variety of preformatted text boxes, or draw and format your own. Text boxes are Building Blocks these days. Text boxes let you emphasize or bring focus to specific text in a Microsoft Word document. Setting a text box as default does not change the gallery. In the menu versions you would tell Word to insert a text box and it would insert the default which you could then modify.
I suspect that it is a carry-over from the menu versions of Word.Īs far as I know, the only time the default text box is used is when you use vba to insert a text box. These elements are available under the tab menu Developer in the Word Ribbon. You can use these elements to create a form in Word. Word has this nice feature which enables insertion of text fields, check boxes, drop-down lists, etc.
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I'm not sure why that command is in the right-click menu. How to insert Text Fields, Check Boxes, Drop-Down Lists, Combobox, etc. I do not really know what a default text box is.
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