[sueg]

I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q will likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a frame (which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should handle each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[sueg]

Thanks that worked OK but how do I now get the text from the frame onto the
page without cutting and pasting every one?

"SueG" wrote:

I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you remove the frame, it will be just ordinary text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
Thanks that worked OK but how do I now get the text from the frame onto
the
page without cutting and pasting every one?

"SueG" wrote:

I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Madeleine D.]

I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on, text and
tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in drawing canvas. I need to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text boxes too... it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q will likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a frame (which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should handle each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format Text Box
dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on, text and
tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in drawing canvas. I need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text boxes too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q will
likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a frame
(which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should handle
each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Madeleine D.]

First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me, it's not
Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I right-click on the text box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see the option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in AutoShape &
Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything about that and I
still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame" button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format Text Box
dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on, text and
tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in drawing canvas. I need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text boxes too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q will
likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a frame
(which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should handle
each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other than "In
line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me, it's not
Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I right-click on the text
box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see the
option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in AutoShape &
Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything about that and I
still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame" button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format Text Box
dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on, text and
tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in drawing canvas. I
need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text boxes
too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find a way
of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing happened...
They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a text
box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text box to
a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q will
likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a frame
(which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should handle
each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move
the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Sorry, I have to take that back. :-(

It seems as if, in Word 2003, AutoShapes cannot be converted to frames at
all.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other than
"In line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me, it's not
Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I right-click on the text
box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see the
option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in AutoShape
&
Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything about that and I
still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame" button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format Text
Box
dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on, text
and
tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in drawing canvas. I
need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text boxes
too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find a
way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing happened...
They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a text
box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text box
to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q will
likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a frame
(which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should
handle
each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move
the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary
text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Madeleine D.]

Well, I tried all the other wrapping options (for the Drawing Canvas that's
around the text box - I can't change the wrapping for the text box only), and
I still couldn't click the Convert to Frame button...

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other than "In
line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me, it's not
Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I right-click on the text
box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see the
option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in AutoShape &
Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything about that and I
still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame" button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format Text Box
dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on, text and
tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in drawing canvas. I
need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text boxes
too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find a way
of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing happened...
They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a text
box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text box to
a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q will
likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a frame
(which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should handle
each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move
the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That means that the text box is part of the AutoShape (this is what happens
when you right-click an AutoShape and choose "Add Text"). This document
sounds more and more like something I'm glad I'm not faced with!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me, it's not
Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I right-click on the text
box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see the
option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in AutoShape &
Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything about that and I
still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame" button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format Text Box
dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on, text and
tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in drawing canvas. I
need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text boxes
too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find a way
of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing happened...
They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a text
box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text box to
a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q will
likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a frame
(which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should handle
each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move
the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Graham Mayor]

Interesting - If you add text to an autoshape then it should be possible to
convert the shape to a frame, however if you change the wrap option of the
autoshape top in-line the convert to frame button becomes greyed and then
may not become available again if you convert back to 'in front of text'.

If the wrap of the autoshape is 'in front of text' the following macro
should convert the selected shape to a frame then remove the frame.
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

With Selection
.ShapeRange(1).ConvertToFrame
.Frames.Delete
With .ParagraphFormat
.Borders(wdBorderLeft).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
End With
End With

I would strongly urge you to attack the autoshapes one at a time as changing
them all at once (which could be achieved easily enough with a small
modification to the macro) is likely produce an even bigger mess to sort
out.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Madeleine D. wrote:
Well, I tried all the other wrapping options (for the Drawing Canvas
that's around the text box - I can't change the wrapping for the text
box only), and I still couldn't click the Convert to Frame button...

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other
than "In line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be
clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me,
it's not Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I
right-click on the text box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see
the option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in
AutoShape & Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything
about that and I still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame"
button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format
Text Box dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on,
text and tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in
drawing canvas. I need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text
boxes too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find
a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing
happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a
text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text
box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q
will likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a
frame (which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should
handle each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I
move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary
text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Well, what I found when I tested this was that it didn't seem to work in a
reliable way--from the user interface that is. Maybe it will be safer using
VBA.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Interesting - If you add text to an autoshape then it should be possible
to convert the shape to a frame, however if you change the wrap option of
the autoshape top in-line the convert to frame button becomes greyed and
then may not become available again if you convert back to 'in front of
text'.

If the wrap of the autoshape is 'in front of text' the following macro
should convert the selected shape to a frame then remove the frame.
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

With Selection
.ShapeRange(1).ConvertToFrame
.Frames.Delete
With .ParagraphFormat
.Borders(wdBorderLeft).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
End With
End With

I would strongly urge you to attack the autoshapes one at a time as
changing them all at once (which could be achieved easily enough with a
small modification to the macro) is likely produce an even bigger mess to
sort out.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Madeleine D. wrote:
Well, I tried all the other wrapping options (for the Drawing Canvas
that's around the text box - I can't change the wrapping for the text
box only), and I still couldn't click the Convert to Frame button...

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other
than "In line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be
clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me,
it's not Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I
right-click on the text box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see
the option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in
AutoShape & Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything
about that and I still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame"
button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format
Text Box dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on,
text and tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in
drawing canvas. I need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text
boxes too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find
a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing
happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a
text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text
box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q
will likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a
frame (which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should
handle each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I
move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary
text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Madeleine D.]

Thank you to everyone for your help and your ideas. Unfortunately, none of
the solutions you suggested seemed to work.

I think the problem is that I can't change the AutoShape wrap option. When I
right-click the shape, go in the "Format AutoShape" window and choose the
"Layout" tab, I can ajust the horizontal and vertical position in diagram
from the top left corner or the center... but I don't get the icons with the
little dog (in line with text, square, tight...). I can only get these
wrapping options when I go in "Format Drawing Canvas". I read in the help
section that it's only the Drawing Canvas that has wrapping options, not the
shapes inside the canvas.

I also tried to follow the steps to create and run the macro you suggested,
but I'm not familiar with this and I couldn't get it to work. But... if I
can't even get the AutoShapes to become frames by hand, it won't work with a
macro either, am I right?

I finally re-copied all the pages of my document that had the text in
shapes, in order to meet my deadline, but I would really like to know if
there is anything else I can try - especially since I was just told I would
have another similar document to correct later today. I'm out of ideas... But
there must be a way of doing this! Just let me know if you think of anything
else. Thanks again!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Interesting - If you add text to an autoshape then it should be possible to
convert the shape to a frame, however if you change the wrap option of the
autoshape top in-line the convert to frame button becomes greyed and then
may not become available again if you convert back to 'in front of text'.

If the wrap of the autoshape is 'in front of text' the following macro
should convert the selected shape to a frame then remove the frame.
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

With Selection
.ShapeRange(1).ConvertToFrame
.Frames.Delete
With .ParagraphFormat
.Borders(wdBorderLeft).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
End With
End With

I would strongly urge you to attack the autoshapes one at a time as changing
them all at once (which could be achieved easily enough with a small
modification to the macro) is likely produce an even bigger mess to sort
out.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Madeleine D. wrote:
Well, I tried all the other wrapping options (for the Drawing Canvas
that's around the text box - I can't change the wrapping for the text
box only), and I still couldn't click the Convert to Frame button...

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other
than "In line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be
clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me,
it's not Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I
right-click on the text box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see
the option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in
AutoShape & Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything
about that and I still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame"
button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format
Text Box dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on,
text and tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in
drawing canvas. I need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text
boxes too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find
a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing
happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a
text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text
box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q
will likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a
frame (which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should
handle each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I
move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary
text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

From your description it seems as if the AutoShape is inside a drawing
canvas. In order to see a full set of Layout options for the AutoShape you
will have to drag it out of the canvas.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
Thank you to everyone for your help and your ideas. Unfortunately, none of
the solutions you suggested seemed to work.

I think the problem is that I can't change the AutoShape wrap option. When
I
right-click the shape, go in the "Format AutoShape" window and choose the
"Layout" tab, I can ajust the horizontal and vertical position in diagram
from the top left corner or the center... but I don't get the icons with
the
little dog (in line with text, square, tight...). I can only get these
wrapping options when I go in "Format Drawing Canvas". I read in the help
section that it's only the Drawing Canvas that has wrapping options, not
the
shapes inside the canvas.

I also tried to follow the steps to create and run the macro you
suggested,
but I'm not familiar with this and I couldn't get it to work. But... if I
can't even get the AutoShapes to become frames by hand, it won't work with
a
macro either, am I right?

I finally re-copied all the pages of my document that had the text in
shapes, in order to meet my deadline, but I would really like to know if
there is anything else I can try - especially since I was just told I
would
have another similar document to correct later today. I'm out of ideas...
But
there must be a way of doing this! Just let me know if you think of
anything
else. Thanks again!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Interesting - If you add text to an autoshape then it should be possible
to
convert the shape to a frame, however if you change the wrap option of
the
autoshape top in-line the convert to frame button becomes greyed and then
may not become available again if you convert back to 'in front of text'.

If the wrap of the autoshape is 'in front of text' the following macro
should convert the selected shape to a frame then remove the frame.
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

With Selection
.ShapeRange(1).ConvertToFrame
.Frames.Delete
With .ParagraphFormat
.Borders(wdBorderLeft).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
End With
End With

I would strongly urge you to attack the autoshapes one at a time as
changing
them all at once (which could be achieved easily enough with a small
modification to the macro) is likely produce an even bigger mess to sort
out.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Madeleine D. wrote:
Well, I tried all the other wrapping options (for the Drawing Canvas
that's around the text box - I can't change the wrapping for the text
box only), and I still couldn't click the Convert to Frame button...

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other
than "In line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be
clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me,
it's not Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I
right-click on the text box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see
the option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in
AutoShape & Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything
about that and I still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame"
button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format
Text Box dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on,
text and tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in
drawing canvas. I need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text
boxes too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find
a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing
happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a
text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text
box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q
will likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a
frame (which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should
handle each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I
move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary
text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Madeleine D.]

That's right, it worked!

It's perfect for putting titles and sentences back to text again... but for
the tables (90% of the document), I believe it won't be much faster than
typing them all over again: it doesn't keep the lines or formatting, all the
text is going to be scattered around the canvas and I will have to replace it
in the table, cell by cell.

I noticed I can drag multiple AutoShapes out of the canvas all at once, but
then I have to convert to frames and remove the frames one by one.

It may be the best we can do, and it's better than nothing! Thank you very
much!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

From your description it seems as if the AutoShape is inside a drawing
canvas. In order to see a full set of Layout options for the AutoShape you
will have to drag it out of the canvas.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
Thank you to everyone for your help and your ideas. Unfortunately, none of
the solutions you suggested seemed to work.

I think the problem is that I can't change the AutoShape wrap option. When
I
right-click the shape, go in the "Format AutoShape" window and choose the
"Layout" tab, I can ajust the horizontal and vertical position in diagram
from the top left corner or the center... but I don't get the icons with
the
little dog (in line with text, square, tight...). I can only get these
wrapping options when I go in "Format Drawing Canvas". I read in the help
section that it's only the Drawing Canvas that has wrapping options, not
the
shapes inside the canvas.

I also tried to follow the steps to create and run the macro you
suggested,
but I'm not familiar with this and I couldn't get it to work. But... if I
can't even get the AutoShapes to become frames by hand, it won't work with
a
macro either, am I right?

I finally re-copied all the pages of my document that had the text in
shapes, in order to meet my deadline, but I would really like to know if
there is anything else I can try - especially since I was just told I
would
have another similar document to correct later today. I'm out of ideas...
But
there must be a way of doing this! Just let me know if you think of
anything
else. Thanks again!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Interesting - If you add text to an autoshape then it should be possible
to
convert the shape to a frame, however if you change the wrap option of
the
autoshape top in-line the convert to frame button becomes greyed and then
may not become available again if you convert back to 'in front of text'.

If the wrap of the autoshape is 'in front of text' the following macro
should convert the selected shape to a frame then remove the frame.
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

With Selection
.ShapeRange(1).ConvertToFrame
.Frames.Delete
With .ParagraphFormat
.Borders(wdBorderLeft).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
End With
End With

I would strongly urge you to attack the autoshapes one at a time as
changing
them all at once (which could be achieved easily enough with a small
modification to the macro) is likely produce an even bigger mess to sort
out.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Madeleine D. wrote:
Well, I tried all the other wrapping options (for the Drawing Canvas
that's around the text box - I can't change the wrapping for the text
box only), and I still couldn't click the Convert to Frame button...

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other
than "In line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be
clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me,
it's not Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I
right-click on the text box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see
the option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in
AutoShape & Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do anything
about that and I still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame"
button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format
Text Box dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on,
text and tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in
drawing canvas. I need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text
boxes too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to find
a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing
happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a
text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text
box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q
will likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a
frame (which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should
handle each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I
move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary
text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

I'm glad I could help.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
That's right, it worked!

It's perfect for putting titles and sentences back to text again... but
for
the tables (90% of the document), I believe it won't be much faster than
typing them all over again: it doesn't keep the lines or formatting, all
the
text is going to be scattered around the canvas and I will have to replace
it
in the table, cell by cell.

I noticed I can drag multiple AutoShapes out of the canvas all at once,
but
then I have to convert to frames and remove the frames one by one.

It may be the best we can do, and it's better than nothing! Thank you very
much!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

From your description it seems as if the AutoShape is inside a drawing
canvas. In order to see a full set of Layout options for the AutoShape
you
will have to drag it out of the canvas.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in message
...
Thank you to everyone for your help and your ideas. Unfortunately, none
of
the solutions you suggested seemed to work.

I think the problem is that I can't change the AutoShape wrap option.
When
I
right-click the shape, go in the "Format AutoShape" window and choose
the
"Layout" tab, I can ajust the horizontal and vertical position in
diagram
from the top left corner or the center... but I don't get the icons
with
the
little dog (in line with text, square, tight...). I can only get these
wrapping options when I go in "Format Drawing Canvas". I read in the
help
section that it's only the Drawing Canvas that has wrapping options,
not
the
shapes inside the canvas.

I also tried to follow the steps to create and run the macro you
suggested,
but I'm not familiar with this and I couldn't get it to work. But... if
I
can't even get the AutoShapes to become frames by hand, it won't work
with
a
macro either, am I right?

I finally re-copied all the pages of my document that had the text in
shapes, in order to meet my deadline, but I would really like to know
if
there is anything else I can try - especially since I was just told I
would
have another similar document to correct later today. I'm out of
ideas...
But
there must be a way of doing this! Just let me know if you think of
anything
else. Thanks again!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Interesting - If you add text to an autoshape then it should be
possible
to
convert the shape to a frame, however if you change the wrap option of
the
autoshape top in-line the convert to frame button becomes greyed and
then
may not become available again if you convert back to 'in front of
text'.

If the wrap of the autoshape is 'in front of text' the following macro
should convert the selected shape to a frame then remove the frame.
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

With Selection
.ShapeRange(1).ConvertToFrame
.Frames.Delete
With .ParagraphFormat
.Borders(wdBorderLeft).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
.Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineStyle = wdLineStyleNone
End With
End With

I would strongly urge you to attack the autoshapes one at a time as
changing
them all at once (which could be achieved easily enough with a small
modification to the macro) is likely produce an even bigger mess to
sort
out.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Madeleine D. wrote:
Well, I tried all the other wrapping options (for the Drawing Canvas
that's around the text box - I can't change the wrapping for the
text
box only), and I still couldn't click the Convert to Frame button...

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you change the Text Wrapping of the AutoShape to something other
than "In line with text," the Convert to Frame button should be
clickable.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Madeleine D." wrote in
message ...
First of all, thank you for your quick response!

I'm feeling closer to the solution now, but my problem is not
solved
yet...

I found the Text Box tab of the Format AutoShape dialog (for me,
it's not Format Text Box that appears in the menu when I
right-click on the text box,
it's format AutoShape). When I get to the Text box tab, I can see
the option
"Convert to Frame" but it's in pale grey (I can't click it). I
tried
checking
and unchecking the two boxes that are there (Word wrap text in
AutoShape & Resize AutoShape to fit text) but it didn't do
anything
about that and I still couldn't click on the "Convert to Frame"
button. What do I do now?

Thanks again!
Oh, and please note I'm working with Office 2003.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The Convert to Frame option is on the Text Box tab of the Format
Text Box dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Madeleine D." wrote in
message
...
I have a very similar problem. In the document I am working on,
text and tables are placed in text boxes that are placed in
drawing canvas. I need
to
put everything back in a regular text format. The text boxes
have
various
sizes, some contain only one word and some contain almost a full
sentence.
The tables are filled with a large amount of very little text
boxes too...
it
would take me forever to re-type everything. I was hoping to
find
a way of
taking out the boxes and keeping only the text and tables.

I tried to do Ctr + Q on selected text boxes but nothing
happened... They
probably weren't frames. When I select one or many text boxes, a
text box
toolbar appears, but I don't see the option that converts a text
box to a
frame. How do I do this? Thank you very much!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Convert the text boxes to frames and remove the frames (Ctrl+Q
will likely
do the latter). After you've converted the first text box to a
frame (which
is an option on the Text Box tab of Format Text Box), F4 should
handle each
subsequent one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SueG" wrote in message
...
I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I
move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary
text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

[Textdoktorn]

"SueG" skrev:

I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

Hi,

Did you ever consider the possibility of printing the document to a PDF file
and then copying the text from that file back to Word? It might mess up the
text sequence but it's quick and you don't have to bother about empty text
boxes. Also, most of the formatting is retained.

[Textdoktorn]

"SueG" skrev:

I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text, without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

Hi,

Did you ever consider the possibility of printing the document to a PDF file
and then copying the text from that file back to Word? It might mess up the
text sequence but it's quick and you don't have to bother about empty text
boxes. Also, most of the formatting is retained.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Alternatively, try a macro such as this one:

Sub GetRidofTextBoxes()
Dim t As Shape

For Each t In ActiveDocument.Shapes
If t.Type = msoTextBox Then
t.TextFrame.ContainingRange.Copy
t.Anchor.Paste
t.Delete

End If
Next t

End Sub

For assistance with the macro, see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Textdoktorn" wrote in message
news


"SueG" skrev:

I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

Hi,

Did you ever consider the possibility of printing the document to a PDF
file
and then copying the text from that file back to Word? It might mess up
the
text sequence but it's quick and you don't have to bother about empty text
boxes. Also, most of the formatting is retained.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Alternatively, try a macro such as this one:

Sub GetRidofTextBoxes()
Dim t As Shape

For Each t In ActiveDocument.Shapes
If t.Type = msoTextBox Then
t.TextFrame.ContainingRange.Copy
t.Anchor.Paste
t.Delete

End If
Next t

End Sub

For assistance with the macro, see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Textdoktorn" wrote in message
news


"SueG" skrev:

I have a document with a number of text boxes in it. How can I move the
text
from the boxes onto the page, so that it behaves like ordinary text,
without
cutting and pasting every box?
Thanks

Hi,

Did you ever consider the possibility of printing the document to a PDF
file
and then copying the text from that file back to Word? It might mess up
the
text sequence but it's quick and you don't have to bother about empty text
boxes. Also, most of the formatting is retained.