You have a wrap option set. Right click the circle format autoshape
layout behind text.

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tmb wrote:
Is there any way I can circle a word in a Word Document?

I tried clicking on the oval drawing tool at the bottom and drawing
an oval but when I try to drag it over a word the text flows around
it.

thanks for any help.