No, because drop caps are created using a frame, and you can't put a frame
inside a text box.

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"TSeroogy" wrote in message
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I have placed a couple of text boxes in a newsletter. I want to use the
Drop
Cap feature for the first paragraph. This is not available in text boxes
or
tables.

Is there an easy workaround?

TSeroogy