Try holding Ctrl instead of shift.
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"nojgrant" wrote in message
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I've tried to follow the help directions to copy multiple text boxes
(along
with the content), but to no avail. I select the text box (with the
4-headed
arrow), then try to hold "shift" to select other liked text boxes, but it
doesn't work. Any ideas?