In Tools Options General, uncheck "Automatically create drawing canvas
when inserting Autoshapes". (As far as Word is concerned, a text box is one
type of Autoshape.)
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brian wrote:
Why does a "create your drawing here" box appear each time I insert a
text box? The appearance of this box means that I must reposition
each text box after I insert it.