Moreover, if the text itself is placed in the footer, it will probably be
possible to do away with the text box entirely.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Gordon Bentley-Mix" wrote in message
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I suspect the problem is with how the textbox is anchored and what the text
wrapping settings are. Most likely, the textbox is anchored to a specific
paragraph and (possibly) set to use an 'In line with text' wrapping style.
When you add content to your document, this pushes the anchoring paragraph
down and moves the textbox off the page. Because there's no second page,
the textbox seems to disappear, but in reality it's just moved to a place
where it's no longer visible.
You could layout the textbox to float in front of the text and be
positioned relative to the page or anchor it to a paragraph that you're
sure isn't going to move when you add content to the document, but this
can be fiddly and I find it's usually more work than it's worth. An easier
approach might be to set up the document with a different first page
footer and put the textbox into the footer for the first page. That way
the textbox will stay anchored - because additions to the body of the
document won't affect the content of the footer - and will only appear on
the first page - because Word will automatically use a different footer
for the second and subsequent pages within the section.
In addition, on a letter where the first page is usually not numbered,
this approach makes it easier to control the page numbering. Just insert a
page break into your template, edit the second page footer to add the page
number, and then delete the page break again. If your letter goes over one
page, then the footer with the page number in it will automatically be
displayed on the second and subsequent pages.
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Cheers!
Gordon Bentley-Mix
Word MVP
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"Tootle" wrote in message
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I made a template of a letterhead with a text box at the bottom with the
business address but when I type a letter in the body, the text box
disappears completely from the page. What am I doing wrong?