Text box

Text Box Crazy

I need to expand a text box to 2 pages so that all text is visible - the text
is there but is hidden below the bottom bar. I have tried using the
"handles" but it will only expand to the one page. I have Microsoft 2003.

Jay Freedman

Text Box Crazy wrote:
> I need to expand a text box to 2 pages so that all text is visible -
> the text is there but is hidden below the bottom bar. I have tried
> using the "handles" but it will only expand to the one page. I have
> Microsoft 2003.

That's the way text boxes work. No "object" (text box, graphic, or embedded
object like an Excel sheet) can extend past one page.

You can insert a second text box on the second page and then link the text
boxes together so the overflow from the first runs into the second. To do
that, first click View > Toolbars > Text Box to display that toolbar. With
the cursor in the first text box, click the Create Text Box Link button on
the toolbar. The cursor changes to a picture of a pitcher of water. Scroll
to the second text box and click inside it.

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Jay Freedman
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