The difference between the vertical text box and the horizontal text box is that the text is vertical, but the drawing method is exactly the same, just adjust the text direction to vertical, the method is: click the text in the text box to position the cursor inside, select the Format tab, click Text Direction in the Text Group, and select Rotate all text 90 degrees in the pop-up menu, the operation steps are shown in Figure 3: (III) How to draw a vertical text box in Word (set Text Direction) After drawing the text box, automatically display the Format tab in the ribbon and some related editing commands of text box.

Select the Insert tab, click Text Box, select Draw Text Box in the pop-up menu, the mouse becomes a cross-hair symbol(+) at this time (shortcut key: Alt + N + X + D), hold down the left button of mouse and drag, draw a blank text box, the operation steps are shown in Figure 2:Ģ. (II) How to draw a blank text box in Word (How to create a text box in Word)ġ. The operation steps are shown in Figure 1: Open Word, create a new blank document, select the Insert tab, click Text Box to expand the text box style, click a text box style (such as: Austin Quote), then insert the style text box in the document. How to insert and draw a text box in Word The article will first introduce how to insert text box in Word, and then explain in detail how to set the alignment, text direction, whether to rotate the text, margins, text is not displayed completely and cannot be resized, break across pages, can't select text box, etc. In addition, there are also special items. There are not only some ready-made text boxes that are typeset for selection, but also blank text boxes can be created in Word. Simply put, it is equivalent to a small document. You can enter text or insert shapes and pictures in it. The text box can be used to highlight text in Word.

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