Microsoft Word includes a variety of shapes and styles of text boxes you can insert into documents. When you type text into a Word document, it appears sequentially, but shapes and text boxes can be positioned anywhere on a page. Open Microsoft Word. Double-click a Word document that you want to edit, or double-click the Word app icon and click Blank document to open a new document. On the Mac version of Microsoft Word, you may not need to click Blank document. Click Simple Text Box. It's at the top of the drop-down menu. Open Microsoft Word. Double-click a Word document that you want to edit, or double-click the Word app icon and click Blank document to open a new document. On the Mac version of Microsoft Word, you may not need to click Blank document. Click Simple Text Box. It's at the top of the drop-down menu. A step-by-step commentary on how to move an image or object behind your written text in Microsoft Office Word. Microsoft Office Word - How to Put an Image Behind the Text. One note outlook.
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How can I make my text follow a curve or arch shape in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011?
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Insert -> WordArt, then Format tab appears.
Click Review tab.
Click Format tab again.
Now, click Effects button ('A'), and select 'Transform' from the drop-down menu.
The arch, wavy lines, and other formats are shown under the 'Warp' section on the ribbon.
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In Office 11 (Mac) at the top, go to VIEW and make sure 'Standard' is selected under 'Toolbars'. Go to Insert → WordArt. Type in your text in the wordart box. Hit the 'Format' button, right next to 'Home'. One of your new selections under 'Text Styles' should be 'Effects'. Click on Effects and select the last selection, 'Transform'.
You should have a whole selection of options including curving text up or down, and making circles. You can edit the curvature by pulling on the text box handles, up and down, and on the corners. You can rotate the text box by clicking and holding on the long 'knob' on the text box.
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Here is a graphic showing how to do this in Word 2011 for Mac:
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Still a little hidden, but here's one way to get there . . .
Start a text boxSelect INSERT and then Word ArtChoose your Word Art style and write your phraseHighlight itGo to the TOOLBOX section QUICK STYLES AND EFFECTS and choose the abc option
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Then play with the magenta square on the text box and the size of the text box (as well as the rotate text box) to get the curve you want
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A little harder than on a PC but everything else is worth this minor hassle.
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Text boxes and most shapes (except for lines and connectors) can include text, and you can position or wrap that text. You can also resize shapes for a better text fit, or change the direction of the text.
Newer versionsOffice 2011
Specify text direction in a shape or text box
- Control + Click the border of the shape or text box that contains the text, and then click Format Shape.
- In the Format Shape pane on the right, click Text Options.
- Click the third icon, Textbox, and then select the option that you want from the Text direction list.
Position text horizontally in a text box or shape
Change the horizontal alignment of a single paragraph or line
- In the shape or text box, click in the paragraph or line of text that you want to modify.
- Click Home, and in the Paragraph group, click the horizontal alignment option that you want.
Change the horizontal alignment of all text in a shape or text box
- Click the border of the shape or text box to select it.
- Click Home, and in the Paragraph group, click the horizontal alignment option that you want.
Automatically resize a shape to fit text
You can automatically increase the size of a text box or shape vertically so that the text fits inside it.
- Control + Click the border of the shape or text box that you want to resize, and then click Format Shape.
- In the Format Shape pane on the right, click Text Options.
- Click Layout & Properties, and then select the check box next to Resize shape to fit text.
Change the default setting for wrapping text
By default, the text wraps automatically as you type in a text box or shape. If you don't want the text to wrap, do the following:
- Control + Click the shape that contains the text, and then click Format Shape.
- In the Format Shape pane on the right, click Text Options.
- Click Layout & Properties, and then clear the check box next to Wrap text in shape.
See also
Specify text direction in a shape, text box, or table cell
- Enter the text in the shape or text box or table cell, and then select the text.
- Ctrl+Click the selected text, and then click Format Shape. On the Text Box tab in the dialog box, choose a direction from the Text Direction box.
Position text horizontally in a shape or text box
- Select the text in the shape or text box.
- On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click the horizontal alignment button that you want.(Align Left, Centered, Align Right, Justified, or Distribute Text)
Position text vertically in a shape or text box
- Select the text in the shape or text box.
- On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click , and then click the vertical alignment that you want.
Wrap text in a shape or text box
By default, the text wraps automatically as you type in a text box or shape. If you don't want the text to wrap, do the following:
- Select the text in the shape or text box.
- On the Format menu, click Shape.
- On the left side of the dialog box, click Text Box.
- Under Internal Margin, clear the Wrap text in shape check box.
Resize a shape to fit text
- Select the text in the shape or text box.
- On the Format menu, click Shape.
- On the left side of the dialog box, click Text Box.
- Under Autofit, click Resize shape to fit text.