Thank you for telling me about the options under the Advanced button in
layout. Allow overlapping was checked. Distance from text was 0 for top and
botton and 0.13 for left and right. I tried fiddling with the numbers but
could not solve the problem: when I changed the text box (2nd column on page
5) the two columns on page 6 still vanish.

Could you please tell me what the ideal other settings are for a page with
two columns created by side by side text boxes? (Which Wrapping style,
absolute position, etc.) Thanks.

Robin Morris

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In Format | Text Box | Layout | Advanced, check the "Distance from text"
(Wrapping tab). Also, the "Allow overlap" check box (Picture Position tab)
may be important.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"churchlady" wrote in message
...
I create a newsletter with text boxes in Word, been doing it this way for
years, suddenly this weird quirk has developed. I just try to move a box
a
little bit left or right, or resize it a little bit, and neighboring boxes
just bounce into nowhere. I have to undo to get them back. This is
making
the document unworkable. Ideas anyone?